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Kritik

criticism

noun kri-TEEK Less Common

Origin: from Greek via French

Also means

review

Usage Note

Kritik covers both negative 'criticism' and a published 'review' of a book or film. You Kritik üben ('exercise criticism') at someone with the preposition an plus the dative: Kritik an der Regierung.

Examples

"Seine Kritik war sehr hart."

Natural Translation

His criticism was very harsh.

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