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criticize

Translation
criticize
—criticizable, adj. —criticizer, n. —criticizingly, adv.
/krit"euh suyz'/, v., criticized, criticizing.
v.t.
1. to censure or find fault with.
2. to judge or discuss the merits and faults of: to criticize three novels in one review.
v.i.
3. to find fault; judge unfavorably or harshly.
4. to make judgments as to merits and faults.
Also, esp. Brit., criticise.
[1640-50; CRITIC + -IZE]
Syn. 1. condemn, blame. 2. appraise, evaluate.

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Universalium. 2010.

  
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Фильмы

  • Here Lived Nikolay Nekrasov (a Russian poet, writer, critic and publisher), 1971 — The film is dedicated to the Poetry Day of Nikolay Nekrasov (a distinguished Russian poet), to the 150th Anniversary of his birth.
  • At the Exhibition "60 Years of the Soviet Cinema"., 1980 — A film about the Exhibition dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Soviet cinema, which took place at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements in Moscow in summer 1979.
  • Artist Shilov's Land, 1981 — The story is about Alexander Shilov, a Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Laureate of Lenin's Komsomol Award. The work of Shilov at a portrait, landscapes is shot. The Exhibition of the artist's works in Moscow.