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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Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
Ticklish :: Ticklish (a.) Difficult; nice; critical; as, a ticklish business..
Adulator :: Adulator (n.) A servile or hypocritical flatterer.
Connoisseur :: Connoisseur (n.) One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts..
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test..
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..
Criticism :: Criticism (n.) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.
Tartufe :: Tartufe (n.) A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Hypocritely :: Hypocritely (adv.) Hypocritically.
Exegesis :: Exegesis (n.) Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture..
Masora :: Masora (n.) A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries..
Council :: Council (n.) An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case..
Decretory :: Decretory (a.) Serving to determine; critical.
Dissection :: Dissection (n.) Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.
Unfeigned :: Unfeigned (a.) Not feigned; not counterfeit; not hypocritical; real; sincere; genuine; as, unfeigned piety; unfeigned love to man..
Inspect :: Inspect (v. t.) To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct..
Criticalness :: Criticalness (n.) Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.
Emendator :: Emendator (n.) One who emends or critically edits.
Climacteric :: Climacteric (n.) Any critical period.
Hypercritical :: Hypercritical (a.) Over critical; unreasonably or unjustly critical; carping; captious.
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