contemporary critic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontemporaryandcritic
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contemporary
adjective
uk/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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critic
noun[C]
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪk/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪk/
someone who says that they do not approve of someone ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandcriticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcontemporary critic
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Acontemporarycriticcalled the book a wild and woolly farrago of delinquencies and stupidities.
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Contemporary critics tend to accept the same premise.
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But there were contemporary critics of mapping terra incognita.
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The inability of contemporary critics to address the book on its own terms is difficult to explain.
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Nocontemporarycriticrecognised this influence.
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It also inoculated him from that totalitarian politics to which many other contemporary critics were drawn in the interwar era.
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Acontemporarycriticlikened it to a battleship, describing it as a 100-odd metre long, turreted, metallic grey thing lying in its own sunken rectangle.
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Indeed, it may well be that very anxiety which has led so many contemporary critics to repress his memory.
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The two men kept no formal record of their final meeting, leaving contemporary critics and historians to speculate about their bargaining.
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Yet, his contemporary critics repeatedly accused him of intertwining philosophy with theology.
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Maslan observes that contemporary critics of the theatre were convinced that it was 'audiences rather than plays that made the theatre disruptive and dangerous'.
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In certain ways, modern and contemporary critics romanticize "race" in nineteenth-century novels: quite aware of its historical occurrence, they loathe to face - or to explicate - its literary signs and representation.
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Tennyson's poem is crammed full of the material of contemporary social debate, to the extent that it was distasteful to contemporary critics.
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I do not believe even now the magnitude of that result is adequately appreciated by students of history or by contemporary critics.
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Clocking in at just over 37 minutes, contemporary critics praised the album for being cohesive as well as refreshing and lean.
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The song generally pleased contemporary critics, many who complimented it for appealing to different age groups.
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It enjoyed commercial and popular success, but the work was disliked by many contemporary critics.
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The second, at no. 63, puzzled contemporary critics as being monumental yet neither historic nor modern, a style appropriate for contemporary urban architecture.
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The song received generally positive reviews from contemporary critics, who praised its composition and clever lyrical content.
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Even his contemporary critics conceded to his intellect and level of knowledge, even while rejecting his beliefs.
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