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{
"term": "critique",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a piece of written criticism of a set of ideas, a work of art, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She wrote a feminist critique of Freud's theories."
},
{
"text": "The book provides a radical critique of modern workplace structures."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["detailed", "effective", "incisive"],
"verb + critique": ["give", "make", "offer"],
"preposition": ["critique of"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/krɪˈtiːk/",
"audio": "cr/critique/critique__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/krɪˈtiːk/",
"audio": "cr/critique/critique__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent. (as a noun): from French, based on Greek kritikē tekhnē ‘critical art’."
}