Definition of critical

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Critical (n.) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation..

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Hypercritical :: Hypercritical (a.) Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.
False-faced :: False-faced (a.) Hypocritical.
Tartufe :: Tartufe (n.) A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Critique :: Critique (n.) A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason..
False :: False (superl.) Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry..
Sanctimonious :: Sanctimonious (a.) Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
Insincerity :: Insincerity (n.) The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions of regard..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..
Skeptic :: Skeptic (n.) A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist..
Criticalness :: Criticalness (n.) Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.
Climacteric :: Climacteric (a.) Relating to a climacteric; critical.
Critical :: Critical (n.) Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
Critical :: Critical (n.) Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions..
Nasute :: Nasute (a.) Critically nice; captious.
Minute :: Minute (a.) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation..
Diagnosis :: Diagnosis (n.) Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
Recensionist :: Recensionist (n.) One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor..
Aristarchian :: Aristarchian (a.) Severely critical.
Counterturn :: Counterturn (n.) The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties..
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