criticalness
State of urgency
Criticalness is the quality of being critical—whether in the sense of importance the criticalness of the situation demanded immediate action or of tendency toward criticism His criticalness made him difficult to work with.
The word is rare; criticality and critical nature are more common ways to express these ideas.
Seeking out imperfections
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- censoriousnessExcessive tendency to criticize
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
disparagement · condemnation · reproach · nitpicking · captious · pedantry · severity · strictness
Quality of mattering
- essentialityQuality of being necessary
- crucialityState of utmost importance
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- urgencyPressing need for action
vitality · centrality · indispensability · priority · relevance · paramountcy · momentousness · weightiness
Intensity or keenness
- seriousnessEarnest, weighty demeanor
- gravenessState of being serious
- direnessExtreme seriousness or urgency
- urgencyPressing need for action
dangerousness · precariousness · extremity · intensity · perilousness · desperateness · grimness · bleakness
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- appraisalEstimation of worth
inspection · review · investigation · discernment · discrimination · acumen · perceptiveness · astuteness
faultfinding
Seeking out imperfections
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- censoriousnessExcessive tendency to criticize
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
negativity · disparagement · condemnation · reproach · nitpicking · captious · pedantry · severity · strictness · exacting
significance
Quality of mattering
- essentialityQuality of being necessary
- crucialityState of utmost importance
- necessityIndispensable requirement
urgency · vitality · centrality · indispensability · priority · relevance · paramountcy · momentousness · weightiness · consequence
acuteness
Intensity or keenness
- seriousnessEarnest, weighty demeanor
- gravenessState of being serious
- direnessExtreme seriousness or urgency
urgency · dangerousness · precariousness · extremity · intensity · perilousness · desperateness · grimness · bleakness · alarming
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
appraisal · inspection · review · investigation · discernment · discrimination · acumen · perceptiveness · astuteness · incisiveness
criticalnesstriviality
Unimportant small matter
insignificance · unimportance · negligibility · pettiness · irrelevance
criticalnessacceptance
Consent to receive
approval · leniency · tolerance · permissiveness · indulgence
criticalnessmildness
Gentle, moderate quality
stability · harmlessness · manageability · controllability · safety
critical, criticism, critic, criticize, critique, critically, uncritical, hypercritical, uncritically