critic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

crit·ic [critic critics] BrE [ˈkrɪtɪk] NAmE [ˈkrɪtɪk] noun
1. a person who expresses opinions about the good and bad qualities of books, music, etc
•a music/theatre/literary, etc. critic
•The critics loved the movie.
2. a person who expresses disapproval of sb/sth and talks about their bad qualities, especially publicly
•She is one of the ruling party's most outspoken critics.
•a critic of private health care

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from Latin criticus, from Greek kritikos, from kritēs ‘a judge’, from krinein ‘judge, decide’.

Example Bank:
•Critics described the paintings as worthless rubbish.
•Critics point out that poverty still exists.
•He is now a major critic of the nuclear industry.
•I am my own worst critic.
•She is looking for a chance to prove her critics wrong.
•She is one of her husband's severest critics.
•Some critics are calling him ‘the new De Niro’.
•The film was hailed by critics as a triumphant piece of realism.
•The play was panned by critics.
•an outspoken critic of government policy
•He's a restaurant critic for ‘The Times’.
•Several literary critics wrote unflattering reviews of her first novel.
•She is one of the ruling party's most outspoken critics.