critique
Evaluate strengths, weaknesses
Critique is a detailed analysis and assessment of something, typically a creative work or intellectual argument.
Unlike simple criticism, critique implies systematic evaluation of both strengths and weaknesses: The professor offered a thorough critique of my thesis.
As a verb, to critique is to provide such analysis: We'll critique each other's drafts in workshop.
The word carries more academic weight than criticize, which tends toward finding fault.
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
dissection · deconstruction · breakdown · interpretation · investigation · inquiry · inspection · explication
Formal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- write-upDocumented account or review
column · editorial · rating · recommendation · verdict · synopsis · summary · analysis
Formal institutional disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- tiradeExtended angry speech
polemic · invective · harangue · diatribe · denunciation · takedown · scathing · blistering
Returned response data
- improvementPositive change in quality
- suggestionsProposed ideas or advice
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- adviceGuidance on decisions
mentorship · growth · development · coaching · refinement · encouragement · collaboration · revision
Theory of beauty
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- formShape or document
texture · perspective · symmetry · balance · harmony · style · originality · technique
Communist theory follower
- feministGender equality proponent
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
- psychoanalyticOf unconscious-focused therapy
- structuralistPattern-and-system theorist
deconstructionist · reader-response · historicist · formalist · theoretical · scholarly · academic · canon
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- appraisalEstimation of worth
scrutiny · dissection · deconstruction · breakdown · interpretation · investigation · inquiry · inspection · explication · elucidation
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
write-up · column · editorial · rating · recommendation · verdict · synopsis · summary · analysis · remarks
censure
Formal institutional disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
tirade · polemic · invective · harangue · diatribe · denunciation · takedown · scathing · blistering · excoriation
feedback
Returned response data
- improvementPositive change in quality
- suggestionsProposed ideas or advice
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
advice · mentorship · growth · development · coaching · refinement · encouragement · collaboration · revision · iteration
aesthetics
Theory of beauty
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
form · texture · perspective · symmetry · balance · harmony · style · originality · technique · craftsmanship
Marxist
Communist theory follower
- feministGender equality proponent
- postcolonialAfter foreign rule ends
- psychoanalyticOf unconscious-focused therapy
structuralist · deconstructionist · reader-response · historicist · formalist · theoretical · scholarly · academic · canon · discourse
- book reviewsbook review, book ratings, editorial reviews, rave review, negative review
- academic critiquepeer feedback, blind review, editorial review, rebuttal, counterargument
- early literatureessay, novel, pamphlet, early novels, treatise
- literary criticismliterary theory, literary analysis, close reading, formalism, literary essays
- Project RunwayHeidi Klum, Tim Gunn, Michael Kors, runway, designer
- Nietzschewill to power, overman, superman, slave morality, Zarathustra
critiquepraise
Expression of approval
compliment · accolade · acclaim · applause · commendation
critiqueacceptance
Consent to receive
endorsement · approval · validation · rubber stamp · apologia
- film critiqueAnalysis of cinema work
- social critiqueExamination of societal problems
- harsh critiqueSeverely negative evaluation
- art critiqueEvaluation of artwork
- cultural critiqueExamination of societal values
- literary critiqueAnalysis of written works