Synonym: crucial, decisive, faultfinding, pressing, urgent. Antonym: approbatory, complimentary, uncritical. Similar words: critic, criticize, political, politically, vertical, practical, identical, practically. Meaning: ['krɪtɪkl] 
adj. 1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws 2. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction 3. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment 4. urgently needed; absolutely necessary 5. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis 6. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency 7. of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism.
adj. 1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws 2. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction 3. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment 4. urgently needed; absolutely necessary 5. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis 6. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency 7. of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism. 
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181. Reagan's television appearances furthermore were carefully scheduled to take place just prior to critical votes on his budgetary and tax policy.
182. Atheism, agnosticism and free thinkers are the products of rational thinking, skeptical inquiry and critical analysis, which severely put religious belief on the defensive. Dr T.P.Chia 
183. This apologetic use of revisionist history is, however, so full of pitfalls that it, too, deserves critical attention.
184. I think the critical point is how much he has lost in pace and whether those other attributes are in decline.
185. Others were asleep during the critical moments of the parley.
186. Chris Menges' directorial debut which received critical acclaim and festival awards throughout the world.
187. The critical step is for clinicians to be willing to enter the arena and to participate.
188. In addressing his case, Simpson says Fuhrman is a critical link to the misery that has befallen him.
189. Yeltsin had decided not to attend the summit because of critical July 3 elections.
190. Professional employees should concentrate on working relationships and attempt to stay away from a critical analysis of personalities.
191. How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct. Benjamin Disraeli
192. We will make a new commitment to critical viewing skills education and critical media analysis. 6.
193. We may reject advertisements on grounds of taste, and we are always willing to consider for publication letters critical of advertising.
194. In the new world, arms sales abroad are a more critical problem than superpower arms control.
195. This is a critical problem for teachers, advisory teachers, advisers and educational psychologists to resolve.
196. Still, even in Biarritz asps are presumably hard to come by and the audience was in no mood to be critical.
197. Whether or not you accept Idso's claims, surely this is just the place for a critical appraisal of them?
198. They were thus able to devote more attention to two increasingly critical areas.
199. When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. G.K. Chesterton
200. In addition, he was aware of the Scholastics' critical appraisal of Aristotelian physics.
201. The most critical is a life-threatening weakness in the aorta -- the major blood vessel from the heart.
202. In fact this seems to be the critical variable, and statistical analysis of sign measures proves significant.
203. Voice over Their show at the Pegassus Theatre in Oxford brought much critical acclaim.
204. Nkrumah saw this as a contradiction, and was critical, thus annoying Nyerere who should have been a natural ally.
205. Indeed, as some traditionalists complained, the more outrageous the art, the more likely the critical accolade.
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206. Between 1907 and 1942 Freeman produced forty Thorndyke short stories and twenty-one Thorndyke novels, to great critical acclaim.
207. It should provide a readable condensation of the recent literature: a critical appraisal, not a mere catalogue.
208. The critical question, the acid test of socialism, is the distribution of power at the point of production.
209. Alexander, who was sharply critical of Forbes' negative ads, appeared to benefit from running a positive campaign.
210. Such success stories do not rely on good reviews or critical acclaim for big sales and widespread popularity.
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