Other forms: critics
A critic is somebody who judges books, films or music publicly. A film critic, the critics loved it, a harsh critic.
The job is not to say whether a thing is enjoyable but to say what it is doing and how well, which is why critics and audiences so often disagree without either being wrong. The Greek behind it means able to judge, from a verb meaning to separate.
1nouncriticSomebody who judges books, films or music publicly.
“The film critic gave the new comedy just one star in her review.”
critic is a judge.
Greek kritikos means able to judge, from krinein, to separate or decide. Crisis and criterion are relatives.
Proto-Indo-European
*krey-
Ancient Greek
κριτικός — of or for judging, able to discern
Latin
criticus
Middle French
critique
English, today
critic
Built from
Borrowed from Middle French critique, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός (“of or for judging, able to discern”), from κρίνω (“to judge”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA