critical scrutiny

collocation in English

meaningsofcriticalandscrutiny

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critical
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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scrutiny
noun[U]
uk
/ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/us
/ˈskruː.t̬ən.i/
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandscrutinyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcritical scrutiny

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Indeed, the presupposition of reliance on such standards is that they have survived similarcriticalscrutiny.
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Their book has already, only a year after publication, inducedcriticalscrutinyand lively discussion.
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The purpose of this article is to subject these arguments tocriticalscrutiny.
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The ideological contradictions of the 19th and 20th centuries are still institutionally intact, although undercriticalscrutiny.
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The deliberate avoidance ofcriticalscrutinyof a belief seems a clear violation of one's epistemic duty.
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Yet this concept passes without muchcriticalscrutiny.
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Does this formulation stand up to thecriticalscrutinyof our commentators?
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For the general archaeological audience, perhaps most constructive is the general insistence on a deeplycriticalscrutinyof the material record.
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No theories or hypotheses should be given any preference, and they must all be held to an equivalent level ofcriticalscrutiny.
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In conclusion, the major claims of the target article do not stand up tocriticalscrutiny.
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Therefore, presumably, practices may be the subject ofcriticalscrutiny.
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Whatever one's political views, these are important activities deservingcriticalscrutiny.
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Only by maintaining thiscriticalscrutinywill there be guarantees that patients and clients get the type and level of assessment that they deserve.
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Arguments on both sides are subjected tocriticalscrutiny.
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Any assessment will need to be able to standcriticalscrutiny.
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But such reasons should be made explicit and be subjected tocriticalscrutinybefore conduct is deemed offensive.
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Fortunately, such theories are coming under greatercriticalscrutinyas they increasingly prove themselves to be inadequate to explain phenomena in the real world.
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This is a characterization that has come undercriticalscrutiny, in part because the logic breaks down with a decline in rents.
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Simultaneously it was demonstrated that corporate regulation ensurescriticalscrutinyto a much higher degree than the central government's budgetary system.
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Let us say that a belief, any belief, is ' unreflective', to the degree a person has not subjected it tocriticalscrutiny.
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