criticize

verb
/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/

Etymology

From critic + -ize; first element from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίσις (krísis, “decision, judgement”).

  1. derived from κριτικός

Definitions

  1. To find fault (with something).

    • They criticized him for endangering people's lives.
    • Homophobia is based on criticizing any sexual expression outside of procreational sex.
    • Since when is it a hanging offense to criticize someone who's not doing the job he's paid generously to do?
  2. To evaluate (something), assessing its merits and faults.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at criticize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at criticize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at criticize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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