noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a storm of criticism
▪ A storm of criticism forced the government to withdraw the proposal.
constructive criticism
▪ We welcome any constructive criticism.
counter an argument/an allegation/a criticism etc
▪ He was determined to counter the bribery allegations.
criticism
▪ If the criticism is valid, you should make the appropriate changes.
deflect criticism
▪ The committee is seeking to deflect criticism by blaming me.
dismiss criticism
▪ He dismissed criticism of the country's human rights record.
expose yourself to ridicule/criticism etc (=say or do something that may make people laugh at you, criticize you etc)
fierce attack/opposition/criticism etc
▪ The government’s policies came under fierce attack.
harsh criticism/treatment/punishment etc
▪ His theory met with harsh criticism from colleagues.
▪ the harsh measures taken against the protesters
implicit criticism/threat/assumption
▪ Her words contained an implicit threat.
incisive remarks/criticism etc
▪ Her questions were well-formulated and incisive.
literary criticism (=the study of the methods used in writing literature)
▪ literary criticism
mounting criticism
▪ The government has come under mounting criticism in the press.
open to criticism
▪ The magazine’s editor is open to criticism in allowing the article to be printed.
provoke criticism
▪ The introduction of the tax provoked widespread criticism.
vehement opposition/criticism/hostility etc
▪ Despite vehement opposition, the Act became law.
widespread support/acceptance/criticism/condemnation etc
▪ There was widespread support for the war.
▪ The storm caused widespread damage.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
constructive
▪ To express constructive criticism and voice well researched concerns is of course healthy and legitimate.
▪ I hope Dee takes it as constructive criticism.
▪ Once the purely factual purpose of the system becomes assimilated, resistance to, and fear of, constructive criticism should weaken.
▪ Clearly, though, the best way to improve your presentation skills is through practice and constructive criticism, hardly new concepts.
▪ It's no use being offended by constructive criticisms.
▪ Mr Kinnock will want Mr Prescott's national executive support - and may sometimes even need his constructive criticism.
▪ Never a word of constructive criticism.
▪ Serving officers who attempt constructive criticism of the police, risk being labelled traitors and put their promotion prospects in jeopardy.
fierce
▪ Mr Powell, 44, came in for fierce criticism when he replaced Terry Wogan with the £10 million drama.
harsh
▪ A harsh criticism, perhaps, since Laura was no longer running the factories on a daily basis.
▪ She too endured harsh criticism and partisan pressure for becoming openly involved in public affairs.
▪ That is a harsh criticism since the Employment Secretary is a woman.
▪ It is odd that these harsh criticisms were issued before the guidelines were completed and publicly declared.
▪ Britta had anticipated harsh design criticism but the fashion buyers and the press are pleasantly surprised.
▪ Timmy says much the same thing but with less diplomacy, writing that harsh criticism and negativity are pulling the team apart.
▪ In fact, the bigger the wins, the harsher the criticism is likely to be.
▪ He knew that most people respond better to encouragement than to harsh criticism.
literary
▪ The literature of opera includes plenty of criticism, much of it as intellectually impressive as the best literary criticism.
▪ In literary criticism, the idea of the postmodern has scarcely taken hold at all.
▪ Not only sociology and cultural anthropology but even a field like literary criticism increasingly becomes infested with the jargon of empirical addiction.
▪ In all about fifty articles could be classed as literary criticism.
▪ This is literary criticism as we have since come to know it.
▪ Yet, literary criticism, past as well as present, desires a fixed text.
▪ Traditionally, literary criticism has paid little attention to questions of precise historical contextualisation.
main
▪ The main criticism seems to be that he wanted to change things, forms of service and such like.
▪ Its main weapon was criticism, organized daily through compulsory debates in every workplace.
▪ Find at least three main areas of criticism of your performance on the job.
▪ Its main criticism is that they do not take into account the effects of the war on the region's ecosystem.
▪ The main criticism of the argument from analogy is that these two assumptions are inconsistent.
▪ The main criticism was lack of richness: a Christmas pudding is only as good as its ingredients and any skimping is clearly apparent.
▪ Within this paradigm, the two main criticisms levelled at mainstream Hollywood films are tokenism and homophobia.
▪ The main criticism is that the papacy should not be concerned with temporal matters at all.
major
▪ One major criticism of the air quality management strategy relates to its use of air quality standards.
▪ Lévi-Strauss therefore makes three major criticisms of Sartre's concept of history.
▪ The two major criticisms aimed at Farc are that it recruits children and that it carries out acts of random violence.
▪ The major criticism of this approach is that it assumes that all information about the organisation is kept in documents.
▪ Results show that lack of product knowledge by staff was a major criticism.
▪ One major criticism of many of the major schemes is that they do not subdivide subjects according to consistent characteristics.
▪ The community charge or poll tax is open to two major criticisms.
▪ The ethogenic approach is open to two major criticisms.
open
▪ The validity of the promise may be accepted: the insufficiency of the performance is open to criticism.
▪ Note that this method is open to the criticisms made of statistical methods above.
▪ In a very real sense the concept of a Commissioner is open to criticism.
▪ Like anyone else who writes, she is open to criticism.
▪ Instead, once again, he has left himself open to more criticism.
▪ Where the courts were open to criticism was in that they were prejudiced - in favour of Athens and in favour of democracy.
▪ Both these enterprises are open to criticism on three fronts.
▪ These very norms, rules and standards are themselves open to rational criticism.
public
▪ For the bureaucracy itself, Marx noted how a Bonapartist regime virtually eliminated the risk of public scrutiny and criticism.
▪ Second, a principal consideration in responding to public criticism is profit and loss.
▪ The union settled, in the face of the Government's public criticisms, for a fifteen percent pay rise.
▪ As the public criticism mounted, Johnson fought back with predictions that victory was just around the corner.
▪ These provided a forum and focus for public criticism of officialdom.
▪ He accompanied his resignation with biting public criticisms of the dictatorial style of the Prime Minister.
▪ Within days, in the face of public criticism, this had been cut back to £ 1.2m.
severe
▪ Light satire of people's habits contrasts sharply with the severe social criticism with which the text is larded.
▪ This encouraged providers to cream off the easiest to serve, and led to severe criticism.
▪ Despite severe criticism, the newspaper conducted a poll in 1980 into the paranormal beliefs and experiences of its readers.
▪ Another difficulty is that the various methods of measuring the lag are subject to severe criticisms.
▪ The most severe criticism was that wind pressure on the huge rotors could capsize the ship.
▪ Bush came in for severe criticism, first for encouraging the coup, then for failing to support it.
▪ By the early 1980s the Commission had been coming under increasingly severe criticism from conservationists and others.
▪ At first glance it was much like the original, but the most severe criticisms of the original were successfully addressed.
sharp
▪ Hart has attracted some sharp criticism, especially from Otago and southern parts of the South Island.
▪ That measure drew sharp criticism from Gov.
▪ The sharpest criticism levelled was that the collection amounted to little more than a reshuffling.
▪ But while Mr Mitterrand won praise and respect abroad, he often drew sharp criticism at home, especially from conservative commentators.
strong
▪ I want to develop the stronger thesis that criticism is the essence of higher education.
▪ Her decision drew strong criticism from environmental groups, nuclear non-proliferation activists and some members of Congress.
▪ The failure to agree on definite targets brought strong criticism from environmentalists.
▪ I intend to file a very strong criticism of your teaching methods.
▪ But, though they have never been overruled, they have attracted strong adverse criticism.
▪ A stronger criticism of the use of objectives can be made on ethical grounds.
▪ Bernstein's work has come in for some strong criticism recently.
▪ Some of them have been getting strong criticism lately.
valid
▪ Accepting criticism Accepting valid criticism is also part of this group of assertive actions.
▪ But neither do we have to be defensive if they occasionally have a valid criticism.
▪ Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms.
▪ There are, however, a number of valid criticisms which can be made of the study.
widespread
▪ In response to widespread criticism, Kadhafi strongly attacked corruption and favouritism in the government administration.
▪ Her allegations have touched off widespread criticism of Albert Hale in the Navajo Nation.
▪ This follows widespread criticism of the Bush Administration's scepticism at international conferences so far.
▪ Nevertheless, there was widespread criticism that the relief operation was slow and badly organized.
▪ The death sentences attracted widespread international criticism, and several government leaders made appeals for clemency.
▪ Despite widespread criticism, the trend is on the increase in the Five Nations Championship.
▪ There was widespread criticism of the handling of the disaster.
■ NOUN
art
▪ As art criticism, it has the merit of making a judgement, though description and interpretation may be meagre.
▪ After the first two chapters, it discusses where and how to read art criticism.
▪ The guards on the frontiers between art history and art criticism shoot neither intruders nor escapers.
▪ Finally it is safe to predict that in any catalogue there will be more information than art criticism.
▪ The library user who looks for books of art criticism is not necessarily going to have an easy task.
▪ Sontag's attack on interpretation was two-pronged and aimed at both works of art and art criticism.
▪ Nor will a history of art criticism be attempted.
▪ To put the matter in a slightly different way, reading art criticism is a preparation for an aesthetic event.
mounting
▪ The response to mounting criticism is to reorganise or complain of lack of resources.
▪ The government's response to mounting criticism was to crack down on the principal advocates of reform.
■ VERB
accept
▪ Rowbotham accepts without criticism Horney's reduction of the unconscious to basic needs, which presupposes a psychological subject of those needs.
▪ Nor do I accept the criticism of those who say this is a lightweight view of the divine purpose of humankind.
▪ Government seems to have accepted that criticism.
▪ Mr Howie does not, but seems to have accepted that the criticism has ruined his board's plans.
▪ When you accept criticism from some one you also build a relationship with that other person.
▪ But equally they have to be in a position to justify openly what they do and to accept constructive criticism.
▪ Very few people know how to accept criticism.
answer
▪ Natural justice requires that a firm should have an opportunity to answer any criticism before a decision is made.
▪ The meeting was called to answer criticisms and make mid-course corrections.
▪ The organiser can't be traced to answer the criticisms.
▪ The programme then conducted an experiment to answer these criticisms.
attract
▪ To be fair we have also been offered the chance of revising articles which attracted substantial justifiable criticism.
▪ Both policies attracted sharp Republican criticism.
▪ Tories are also conscious that the image of Unionism is such that any agreement would attract inevitable criticism from opposition parties.
▪ Hart has attracted some sharp criticism, especially from Otago and southern parts of the South Island.
▪ For instance, the use of purveyance began to attract criticism in the last fifteen years of the reign.
▪ The death sentences attracted widespread international criticism, and several government leaders made appeals for clemency.
▪ But, though they have never been overruled, they have attracted strong adverse criticism.
▪ This would attract even more criticism.
avoid
▪ They could not avoid criticism but they could usually ignore it.
▪ Children may improve their behaviour to avoid disapproval, criticism or the loss of privileges.
▪ What I think is more debatable is how successfully the method can in practice avoid the following criticisms.
▪ This is to avoid the type of criticism which may have repercussions on the team member's status or salary.
▪ I think we as writers should respect and be grateful for the efforts of our peers to avoid destructive or insensitive criticism.
▪ By controlling me they believed that they were avoiding my criticism of them as parents.
come
▪ By the early 1980s the Commission had been coming under increasingly severe criticism from conservationists and others.
▪ Bush came in for severe criticism, first for encouraging the coup, then for failing to support it.
▪ Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party.
▪ In recent years, the field has come under criticism for moving ahead too quickly, jeopardizing patients.
▪ The Sinclair Spectrum came in for particular criticism.
▪ The run defense also came under criticism after the Broncos rushed for 152 yards, averaging 6. 1 a carry.
▪ The Court of Appeal has struggled to reconcile the two decisions but has come in for criticism.
▪ While his foreign policy was winning praise abroad, Gorbachev was coming under growing criticism at home.
deflect
▪ The Central Authority were, however, able to continue to deflect this criticism.
▪ While helping Johnson to deflect criticism from conservatives, Hoover expanded the mission of his agency in the domestic arena.
▪ He frequently attempted to deflect criticism of his administration and personal life by characterizing such allegations as the product of white racism.
▪ The newly appointed finance minister, Wataru Kubo, is expected to deflect opposition criticism over the housing lender bailout.
direct
▪ If Tebbit wished to attack bias as such he should have directed his criticism at the press rather than television.
draw
▪ O'Leary was elected chairman and he immediately drew criticism on the committee.
▪ That measure drew sharp criticism from Gov.
▪ The influential role played by President Francesco Cossiga in events leading to Andreotti's resignation drew criticism from some political quarters.
▪ But while Mr Mitterrand won praise and respect abroad, he often drew sharp criticism at home, especially from conservative commentators.
▪ A parallel is drawn with criticism of a company's accounts by the Financial Reporting Review Panel.
▪ The urban renewal administrative process drew considerable criticism because it was so long and encumbered with red tape.
▪ Greenpeace has in the past campaigned against the Faroese whale hunt, drawing vehement criticism from the islanders.
face
▪ When the bid was launched last week, Mr Franklin faced some criticism from City commentators on both those counts.
▪ But the company has in the past faced criticism.
▪ Mr Hague faced criticism of his promise last October to cut taxes even if the economy entered a recession.
▪ But Yeltsin faced new criticism from his political rivals.
▪ The Poor Law was facing criticism from a range of sources.
▪ The government had also faced criticism over its slowness in implementing economic reforms.
▪ Although homosexuality is no longer against the law, homosexuals still face a good deal of criticism and stigma.
▪ It is apparent that the proposed code faces detailed criticism, and the effect of non-compliance on company results is unquantifiable.
follow
▪ The review follows persistent criticism that the Press Council is an ineffective body which commands little respect.
▪ Vice Chairman Christopher Steffen quit unexpectedly in December following long-running criticism of his performance.
▪ The move follows criticism by leading local government officials and academics.
▪ This follows widespread criticism of the Bush Administration's scepticism at international conferences so far.
▪ This new problem calls for the invention of new hypotheses, followed by renewed criticism and testing.
▪ They depend on volunteers and have a high turnover following any criticism of their activities or decisions.
▪ However, even these success stories put forward by some participants were quickly followed by specific criticisms from other participants.
▪ The Government has announced a sweeping review of the centuries-old coroners' system following Lord Clarke's criticisms.
increase
▪ There was also increasing criticism of de Gaulle's policies.
▪ Other candidates also have increased their criticism of Forbes in recent weeks.
▪ Nevertheless, Kasparov is coming under increasing criticism from his supporters for his stubborn adherence to the Grunfeld Defence.
▪ At this time, however, the Jacksonians were suffering increasing criticism for their inability to end the war.
▪ The United States administration meanwhile came under increasing congressional criticism for its failure to take a position on the situation in Zaïre.
▪ To blunt the increasing criticism of the new rates, the four council members quickly abandoned their support for the lift charges.
▪ In recent years, there has been increasing criticism of the view that professionals provide valuable services to society.
▪ By the late 1980s, however, the system came under increasing criticism from domestic and foreign-owned exporters.
level
▪ Even Mrs Thatcher levelled criticism at the lack of compartment privacy, but the policy against compartments was now firmly established.
▪ Conservationists have levelled a series of criticisms at the basic ground rules of these cost-benefit studies.
meet
▪ For its part, Golkar met criticism of its ineffectual performance in national politics by adopting a more assertive image.
▪ In order to meet some of these criticisms penalties and targets were abolished in 1986.
▪ Great achievements require confidence and always meet with criticism, often with derision.
provoke
▪ The proposal provoked a storm of criticism that it was racist from immigration groups and campaigners on behalf of ethnic minorities.
▪ That action provoked heavy criticism and deep divisions within the cancer community.
▪ The announcement provoked a storm of criticism and anxious residents voiced concern over their uncertain future.
▪ As it was Britain's shift to protectionism and Imperial Preference provoked much criticism from Washington.
receive
▪ Yet the Franks have received criticism for including a lot of songs dedicated fans will already own.
▪ But Larson, a four-star admiral, also will receive criticism.
▪ The basic neoclassical approach to demand has received substantial criticism even within the economics profession.
▪ Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company's agm.
▪ In this environment it is perhaps surprising that the early factories should have received such hostile criticism.
▪ This objectification and fragmentation received criticism at the time.
respond
▪ He was responding to criticism by Cleveland County Council's Labour group.
▪ Second, a principal consideration in responding to public criticism is profit and loss.
▪ Not surprisingly, companies respond to its criticisms.
▪ All councils will have to respond in public to criticism from auditors.
▪ The papacy did not respond well to this criticism of Hadrian, and Leo retaliated sharply in 798.
▪ I hope that the Minister of State will respond positively to my criticisms.
▪ How do you respond to criticism or instructions?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hail of criticism/abuse etc
▪ Oliver Stone, operating under a hail of criticism, was finishing a revisionist movie about the Kennedy assassination.
answer criticism/charges/accusations etc
▪ Avon and Somerset Police have summonsed Redknapp to appear in court to answer charges of alleged abusive conduct.
▪ His finance minister was busy answering charges of bribery.
▪ In particular non-disclosure makes it difficult to answer charges that the government's policies are not properly coordinated.
▪ The meeting was called to answer criticisms and make mid-course corrections.
be above suspicion/reproach/criticism etc
▪ The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deserving charities every year.
▪ You must be above suspicion of any impropriety.
blistering attack/criticism etc
▪ Bates also launched a blistering attack on the sports minister Kate Hoey.
▪ The most humiliating thing for Mr Major was not the fact that it was Mr Lamont who made the blistering attack.
▪ The religious press in the first decade of pentecostal history teems with blistering attacks on the new movement.
come in for criticism/blame/scrutiny
▪ Thompson came in for sharp criticism from women's groups.
▪ Mr Gonzalez has also come in for criticism from within his own party.
▪ NTOs have come in for criticism for failing to make significant strides in plugging the skills gap.
▪ The Belfry came in for criticism with some newspapers saying it was no place to stage a match of this importance.
▪ The Court of Appeal has struggled to reconcile the two decisions but has come in for criticism.
▪ The patient's colour, face and body features as well as pulse and tongue will also come in for scrutiny.
level criticism/charges/accusations etc at/against sb
▪ Even Mrs Thatcher levelled criticism at the lack of compartment privacy, but the policy against compartments was now firmly established.
valid reason/argument/criticism etc
▪ A 1977 Supreme Court ruling permits police stopping a car for valid reasons to order drivers to exit.
▪ A second and equally valid argument is that the publishing world is an invaluable source of knowledge.
▪ Accepting criticism Accepting valid criticism is also part of this group of assertive actions.
▪ But a complete justification of authority has to do more than to provide valid reasons for its acceptance.
▪ But neither do we have to be defensive if they occasionally have a valid criticism.
▪ But there are also valid reasons for optimism.
▪ No serious thinker can make a valid argument that to discriminate based on species is acceptable.
▪ Povert drudgery and loneliness are valid reasons for sadness; beyond and beneath, far outreaching them all, is unrequited love.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bill's very sensitive to any kind of criticism.
▪ Graham's criticisms have no basis in fact.
▪ Taylor has come in for a lot of criticism for his part in the affair.
▪ The government faces severe criticism for its slow response to the disaster.
▪ The report makes many criticisms of the nation's prison system.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But these are minor criticisms for a job well done.
▪ However, in adult life, Ian finds he can not take criticism.
▪ I have found criticism to be a deeply enriching, but not always comfortable exploration of the text of Scripture.
▪ In a sense, the very institution of literary criticism is concrete testimony of this assumption.
▪ Later he responded in a similar way to D. H. Lawrence's criticism, as well as to his creative achievement.
▪ The 7,000 delegates were handpicked for loyalty, and did not utter a word of criticism.
▪ The union settled, in the face of the Government's public criticisms, for a fifteen percent pay rise.