Vocabulary
Critique
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
Urdu meaning
تبصرہ، تنقید، جائزہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The militarised ruling class is not interested in substantive critique, let alone revamping its policy matrix.
- The ideas central to his critique cannot be known without awareness of the intellectual controversies raging across Europe in the 18th century and how the old world was changing.
- The correspondence between idealistic young assistant commissioners and higher officials, found in these diaries, provides an internal critique of the colonial administrative mindset.
- Where is this analysis and this critique coming from?
- Still, critique and hope can be combined.
Synonyms
analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, appreciation, review, write-up, criticism.
Antonyms
reject, disapprove.
Curator example
“a critique of Marxist historicism”.
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