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kritiks

kritiks is the plural of kritik.

Meaning of kritik

Noun

kritik (plural kritiks)

  1. In formal debating, an argument that challenges a certain mindset or assumption made by the opposing team, often from the perspective of critical theory, rather than dealing directly with the topic under debate.
    • Too much debate theory is based on power rather than reason. Kritiks are used as big sticks to avoid one of the duties closely associated with debating — research.2002, Kenneth T. Broda-Bahm, Perspectives in Controversy, page 300

Questions about kritiks

What is kritiks the plural of?
Kritiks is the plural of kritik.

Words near kritiks in the dictionary

  1. krithomancy
  2. Kriti
  3. kritik
  4. Kritikos
  5. Kritikoses
  6. kritiks
  7. kritocracies
  8. kritocracy
  9. kritrima
  10. Krittika
  11. Kritz

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