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higher criticism

higher criticism noun: synonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as historical sources”).

Noun

higher criticism (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as historical sources”).

higher criticism meaning in Tamil

higher criticism in Tamil

மேன்மட்டத் திறனாய்வு

Synonyms of higher criticism

Origin of higher criticism

Calque of German höhere Kritik. Originally in contrast to lower criticism (now dated), i.e. textual criticism, the reconstruction of the text itself.

Questions about higher criticism

What does higher criticism mean?
Higher criticism means synonym of historical criticism (“study of received texts, especially the Bible, as historical sources”).
What is higher criticism in Tamil?
Higher criticism in Tamil is மேன்மட்டத் திறனாய்வு. See Higher criticism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is higher criticism?
Higher criticism is a noun.

Words near higher criticism in the dictionary

  1. higher beings
  2. Higher Bockhampton
  3. Higher Buxton
  4. higher consciousness
  5. higher consciousnesses
  6. higher criticism
  7. higher education
  8. higher functioning
  9. higher grade
  10. Higher Greenway
  11. Higher Heysham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: higher criticism (page history and authors); higher criticism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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