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Definition: Critic |
CriticNoun1. A person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art. 2. Anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something. 3. Someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "critic" was first used: 1588. (references) |
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Satire | CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him. There is a land of pure delight, Beyond the Jordan's flood, Where saints, apparelled all in white, Fling back the critic's mud. And as he legs it through the skies, His pelt a sable hue, He sorrows sore to recognize The missiles that he threw. Orrin Goof. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
19th Century Satire | A wet blanket that soaks everything it touches. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Biographical Satire | CRITIC, Dramatic, a notorious prevaricator who tells the world to see all the shows, and thus preserves the advertising column for his employers. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Computing | Module of a heuristic learning program which examines the trace provided by the problem solver(proposed rules or concepts)and assigns credit and blame to the individual decisions made. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Critic A judge; an arbiter. (Greek, krino, to judge.) Critic. A captious, malignant critic is called a Zoïlus (q. v.) " `And what of this new book the whole world makes such a rout about?' `Oh, it is out of all plumb, my lord; quite an irregular thing! not one of the angles at the four corners is a right angle. I had my rule and compasses in my pocket.' `Excellent critic!' " `And for the epic poem your lordship bade me look at, upon taking the length, breadth, height, and depth of it, and trying them at home upon an exact scale of Bossu's [Bossut's], 'tis out, my lord, in every one of its dimensions.' `Admirable connoisseur!' " - Sterne: Tristram Shandy, vol. iii. chap. xii. The abbé Charles Bossut (1730-1814) was a noted mathematician and geometer. Prince of critics. Aristarchos, of Byzantium, who compiled the rhapsodies of Homer. (Second century B.C.) Stop-watch critics. " `And how did Garrick speak the soliloquy last night?' `Oh, against all rule, my lord, most ungrammatically. Betwixt the substantive and the adjective, which should agree together in number, case, and gender, he made a breach, thus - stopping as if the point wanted settling; and betwixt the nominative case, which, your lordship knows, should govern the verb, he suspended his voice in the epilogue a dozen times, three seconds and three-fifths by a stop-watch, my lord, each time.' `Admirable grammarian!' `But in suspending his voice was the sense suspended likewise? Did no expression of attitude or countenance fill up the chasm? Was the eye silent? Did you narrowly look?' `I looked only at the stop-watch, my lord.' `Excellent observer!"' - Sterne: Tristram Shandy, vol. iii. chap. xii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Occupations | Writes critical reviews of literary, musical, or artistic works and performances for broadcast and publication: Attends art exhibitions, musical or dramatic performances, reads books, or previews motion picture or television presentations. Analyzes factors such as theme, expression, and technique, and makes comparisons to other works and standards. Forms critical opinions based on personal knowledge, judgment, and experience. Organizes material to emphasize prominent features, and writes review. Presents oral review in live or recorded form when working in broadcasting medium. May enter information into computer to prepare reviews. May be designated according to field of specialization as Art Critic (print. & pub.; radio-tv broad.); Book Critic (print. & pub.; radio-tv broad.); Drama Critic (print. & pub.; radio-tv broad.); Movie Critic (print. & pub.; radio-tv broad.); Music Critic (print. & pub.; radio-tv broad.). (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word "krites" meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement.
The term is used in particular for a professional who regularly judges performances or other work of other people (such as artists, scientists, musicians or actors) and publishes these judgements in a periodical. Such a person is specialized in one field and usually well educated in that field. Professional critics are numerous in the fields of art, music, film (see film critic), theatre, restaurants and scientific publication.
Criticism is the activity performed by a critic. Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments. Criticism is often a valuable tool in raising and maintaining performance standards.
Although there can be both positive and negative aspects to criticism, the term is often used to emphasize negative comments. A phrase such as "critics of Einstein argue that..." generally refers to people who are sceptical of the value of Einstein's position.
See also Art critic, Connoisseur, Art historian, Literary criticism, Film criticism
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Critic."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Detractor | Noun: detractor, reprover; censor, censurer; cynic, critic, caviler, carper, word-catcher, frondeur; barracker. |
Dissertation | Commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer. |
Judgment | Phrase: "a Daniel come to judgment"; "and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd"; "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct"; la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile; "nothing if not critical"; "O most lame and impotent conclusion". |
Censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator; inspector, inspecting officer. | |
Taste | Man of taste; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist. |
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Screenplays | I am a critic and commentator. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) We're looking for a new food critic, someone who doesn't immediately pooh-pooh everything he eats. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) It's possible, I am the opera critic of the Gazette. (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara) For a critic that first step is the first printed joke. (Please Don't Eat the Daisies; writing credit: Jean Kerr; Isobel Lennart) Everyone's a critic. (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Critic (1963) Confounding the Art Critic (1900) The Critic (2000) | |
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 | To enlighten a foreign critic. The Chicago citizen: Sir, we have the ruins, all right, but we are tired of preserving them. They won't keep. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Stalin as a book critic. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Anton Bruckner | Telling his class that a critic had called him a second Beethoven, Bruckner said, "How can anybody dare to say such a thing!" |
Friedrich Schlegel | A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach. |
Henry James | Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all! |
James Russell Lowell | A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic! |
John Ruskin | People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic. |
Oliver Goldsmith | Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. |
Oscar Wilde | The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. |
Pauline Kael | In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Kenya | Father Kaiser was a vocal human rights activist and a critic of key members of the Government. (references) |
Sri Lanka | They cite the case of Thiviyan Krishnasamy, a student leader in Jaffna and critic of the military in the Jaffna area. (references) | |
Rwanda | Newsline, a frequent critic of the Government, subsequently went out of business; there were unconfirmed reports that the Government was involved. (references) | |
Economic History | Samoa | The Samoan Government was an outspoken critic of the French decision to resume nuclear weapons testing in the South Pacific in 1995. An indefinite ban was placed on visits to Samoa by French warships and aircraft. (references) |
Human Rights | Ukraine | Gongadze was the editor of the on-line news journal Ukrayinska Pravda and was a frequent critic of both the Government and leading business figures. (references) |
Ukraine | Aleksandrov had aired a number of critical reports of Donetsk-based politicians and was a noted critic of alleged corruption among local law enforcement authorities. (references) | |
Political Economy | South Africa | Second in size is the Democratic Party (DP) is a largely white, socially liberal but economically conservative party that grew exponentially between 1994 and 1999. Under the leadership of Tony Leon, the DP has become an outspoken critic of ANC policy in the National Assembly and parlayed Leon's tough-talking and personal recognition to claim nearly 10 percent of the vote and the mantle of official opposition in the 1999 elections. (references) |
Political Rights | Seychelles | Ramkalawan has played effectively the role of chief government critic as leader of the opposition. (references) |
Russia | An election for a Duma deputy from the Chechen Republic subsequently was held in August 2000; retired Interior Ministry General Aslambek Aslakhanov, a harsh critic of the conduct of federal forces in Chechnya, was elected. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ghana | Led by experienced union leaders, the TUC has been a vocal and constructive critic of the Government's economic policies. (references) |
Colombia | As of March, the Government had detained eight persons in connection with the December 2000 attempt to kill public employee union president Wilson Borja, an outspoken critic of paramilitary leader Carlos Castano and prominent advocate of the Government's negotiations with the ELN. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
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| "Critic" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.91% of the time. "Critic" is used about 1,155 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.91% | 1,154 | 6,659 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,155 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "critic": art critic ♦ drama critic ♦ literary critic ♦ music critic ♦ newspaper critic ♦ theater critic. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "critic": critic-as-reader, critic-in-chief, critic-learning, critic-novelist. | |
Ending with "critic": art-critic. | |
Containing "critic": nun-cum-critic-cum-tv-star. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cruise critic | 792 | boards critic cruise message | 15 |
movie critic | 249 | critic review | 15 |
the critic | 212 | critic harry potter | 13 |
critic | 149 | association critic television | 13 |
critic choice video | 109 | christian movie critic | 12 |
food critic sheraton | 107 | critic salem | 12 |
critic choice | 100 | board critic cruise message | 11 |
ad critic | 87 | critic hulk | 11 |
critic filthy | 57 | critic jay sherman | 11 |
critic futon | 50 | critic tv | 11 |
film critic | 46 | critic movie roger | 11 |
food critic | 37 | campground critic | 11 |
critic miss universe | 34 | critic choice movie | 10 |
music critic | 33 | critic film pauline | 10 |
movie critic review | 31 | cartoon critic | 10 |
book critic | 28 | poetry critic | 10 |
art critic | 27 | auto critic | 9 |
cranky critic | 23 | become movie critic | 9 |
critic restaurant | 20 | critic hotel | 9 |
literary critic | 18 | critic tech | 9 |
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| Language | Translations for "critic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kritizer (carping, dutch uncle, faultfinder, faultfinding), kritik (animadversion, climacteric, critical, crucial, judicial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الكثير الانتقاد, الناقد (pundit), العياب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | критичка, критикар (censor, criticaster, faultfinder, kicker, knocker), критик (reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 評論家 (reviewer), 评论家, 批評家 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kritik (reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kritikmodul (criticiser), kritiker, anmelder (notifying party). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | criticus, criticaster (criticiser), scout (criticiser), recensent, kunstbeoordelaar, beoordelaar (judge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نکوهشگر, نقاد, نقدگر, کارشناس (Expert, Judge), سخن سنج , خبره (Connoisseur, Expert), انتقادکننده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | arvostelija (reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | critique (critical, criticalness, critique, crucial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kritiker (censors, critics, detractor, reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κριτικός (criticiser). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כותב בקורת, בקרתן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kritikus (censorious, climacteric, critical, crucial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pengeritik, pengecam (tally), pencerca (caviler, fault finder), pencela (detractor, fault finder), pencacat (fault finder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | critico (climacteric, critical, crucial, judge, reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 評者 (reviewer), 評論家 , 批評家 , 批判者 , クリー 色 (Christian, Christian Dior, Christian name, Christian Science Monitor, Christiania, Christmas, Christmas cake, Christmas card, Christmas carol, Christmas concert, Christmas Eve, Christmas present, Christmas tree, clean, clean energy, clean float, clean heater, clean hit, clean rice, clean room, clean up, cleanup trio, clear, clear lacquer, clearance, clearance sale, cleaver, click, clinic, clinometer, clip, clipper, clipping, clitoris, cream, create, creation, creative, creative agency, creative group, creativity, creator, creole, cricket, crinoline, critical, criticism, critique, crystal, crystal glass, EDTV, Extended Definition Television, Kripke, Kristiania, vented heater). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひひょうか, ひょうしゃ (reviewer), ひょうろ"か, ひは"しゃ, クリティック . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 비평가 (reviewer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cremeyder (bellyacher, criticizer, disapprover, dissentient, fault-finder, knocker, knocker faultfinder, malcontent, spoilsport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iticcray crítico (argumentative, assailant, climacteric, critical, crucial, reviewer, serious). (various references) critic (censorious, climacteric, critical, critically, crucial, decisive, delicate, judge, supreme, ticklish). (various references) критик (anatomist). (various references) kritičar (censor). (various references) crítico (alarming, censor, censorious, critical, grave, knocker, reviewer, serious, vital). (various references) kritiker. (various references) muhalif (adversary, antagonist, antagonistic, anti, contrary, dead against, dead-set against, defiant, disaffected, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, hostile, objector, opponent, opposing, opposite, oppositional, repugnant, warring), kusur bulup duran kimse, karşı olan kimse (antagonist, anti, opposing person), eleştirmen (commentator, corrector, reader, reviewer), eleştirici (argumentative, assailant, assailer, censorious, critical, faultfinder, faultfinding, judicial, reviewer, uncomplimentary). (various references) критикан (censor, fuddy-duddy, kicker), критик (reviewer). (various references) beirniad (adjudicator, arbiter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kritikos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "critic": critical, criticalities, criticality, critically, criticalness, criticalnesses, criticaster, criticasters, criticise, criticised, criticises, criticising, criticism, criticisms, criticizable, criticize, criticized, criticizer, criticizers, criticizes, criticizing, critics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "critic": diacritic, epicritic, eucritic, hypercritic, picritic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "critic": countercriticism, countercriticisms, diacritical, diacritics, hypercritical, hypercritically, hypercriticism, hypercriticisms, hypercritics, hypocritical, hypocritically, noncritical, overcritical, precritical, subcritical, supercritical, ultracritical, uncritical, uncritically. (additional references) | |
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"Critic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brittic, britvic, Chitac, christic, ciatic, Ciftci, Ciric, Cirith, cirric, cirtic, clitic, craic, cratic, creic, creptic, Creti, cretis, crimtic, criptic, crisic, Cristi, crite, criti, critia, Critica, critici, critism, Crito, Crittal, crizi, Crotti, crtic, Cryiiia, crytic, drizic, ecratic, Krilich, Krithia, Kritik, retic, tritici. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "critic" (pronounced kri"tik) |
| 5 | -r i" t i k | arthritic, dendritic. |
| 4 | -i" t i k | analytic, catalytic, electrolytic, granitic, halophytic, hemolytic, hermaphroditic, neritic, paralytic, parasitic, porphyritic, psychoanalytic, thrombolytic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, artistic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, cosmetic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, gymnastic, hectic, hedonistic, hepatic, heretic, holistic, homeostatic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, poetic, polytheistic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synergistic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: citric. | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-i-r-t" | |
-1 letter: ictic. | |
-3 letters: tic. | |
-4 letters: it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-i-r-t" | |
+1 letter: circuit, critics, icteric. | |
+2 letters: carditic, cicatrix, circuits, circuity, clitoric, cricetid, critical, dicrotic, eucritic, icterics, orchitic, picritic, rachitic. | |
+3 letters: accipiter, chloritic, cicatrize, circinate, circuital, circuited, circuitry, cirrhotic, cistronic, corticoid, cricetids, criticise, criticism, criticize, diacritic, dicentric, epicritic, intricacy, proclitic, triclinic, tricyclic. | |
+4 letters: accipiters, anchoritic, archaistic, bacitracin, bronchitic, cantatrici, centricity, ceramicist, cervicitis, chondritic, chronicity, cicatrices, cicatrixes, cicatrized, cicatrizes, cincturing, circuities, circuiting, circuitous, cirrhotics, cliometric, coercivity, coloristic, concertini, coprolitic, corticoids, cricketing, critically, criticised, criticises, criticisms, criticized, criticizer, criticizes, cysticerci, diacritics, dicentrics, dielectric, directrice, exorcistic, microcytic, practicing, proclitics, scarcities, timocratic, tragicomic, tribrachic, tricyclics, uncritical, uricotelic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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