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Feb 12, 2012
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crit•ic



Pronunciation: (krit'ik), [key]
—n.
1. a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes: a poor critic of men.
2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, esp. for a newspaper or magazine.
3. a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.
4. Archaic.
a. criticism.
b. critique.

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