Definition of Hypercritic

1. n. One who is critical beyond measure or reason; a carping critic; a captious censor.

2. a. Hypercritical.

Definition of Hypercritic

1. Noun. A carping or unduly censorious critic. ¹

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Definition of Hypercritic

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypercritic

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hypercorrected
hypercorrecting
hypercorrection
hypercorrections
hypercorrective
hypercorrectly
hypercorrectness
hypercorrects
hypercorticoidism
hypercortisolism
hypercortisolisms
hypercortisonemia
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hypercreativity
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hypercritical
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Literary usage of Hypercritic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman: Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1894)
"If the hypercritic will go upon this, and is resolved after all to take a ... If my hypercritic is untractable,—alleging that two minutes and thirteen ..."

2. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"the hypercritic may exclaim, ' incorrect ! and according to the rules of ... the hypercritic may shout, ' grammar is a science ; you may be wrong in its ..."

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