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  • 21critical — adj. 1 disapproving VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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  • 22critical — 1. Denoting or of the nature of a crisis. 2. Denoting a morbid condition in which death is possible. 3. In sufficient quantity as to constitute a turning point. * * * crit·i·cal krit i kəl adj 1 a) relating to, indicating, or being the stage of a …

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  • 23critical — /ˈkrɪtɪkəl / (say kritikuhl) adjective 1. inclined to find fault or to judge with severity. 2. occupied with or skilled in criticism. 3. involving skilful judgement as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis. 4. of or relating to… …

  • 24critical — adjective 1) a highly critical report Syn: censorious, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory, disparaging, disapproving, scathing, fault finding, judgmental, accusatory, negative, unfavorable; informal nitpicking, picky Ant …

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  • 25critical — crit•i•cal [[t]ˈkrɪt ɪ kəl[/t]] adj. 1) inclined to find fault or to judge severely 2) occupied with or skilled in criticism 3) involving or requiring skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc 4) of or pertaining to critics or criticism: critical …

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  • 26critical — adjective 1) a highly critical report Syn: disapproving, disparaging, scathing, fault finding, judgemental, negative, unfavourable, censorious; informal nit picking, picky 2) the situation is critical Syn: serious …

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  • 27critical — adjective /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/ a) Inclined to find fault or criticize; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting. A good teacher is fair but critical. b) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or …

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  • 28critical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. exacting, captious, censorious, faultfinding, disparaging; judicious, accurate, analytical; decisive; urgent, crucial; dangerous, risky. See disapprobation, importance, detraction. II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 29Critical thinking — is the process or method of thinking that questions assumptions. It is a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false. The origins of critical thinking can be traced in… …

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  • 30Critical theory — Horkheimer, Adorno, Habermas David Rasmussen HEGEL, MARX AND THE IDEA OF A CRITICAL THEORY Critical theory1 is a metaphor for a certain kind of theoretical orientation which owes its origin to Hegel and Marx, its systematization to Horkheimer and …

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