Definitions
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- noun Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.
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- noun Excessive or unfairly
harsh criticism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The pedagogue, it is true, often expressed his disgust at the amusements and antics of the negroes, declaring they were unbecoming human beings and otherwise manifesting that disposition to hypercriticism, which is apt to distinguish one who is only a tyro in his own case.
Satanstoe James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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The official Cuban news agency AIN recently accused them of "hypercriticism" and being the latest tool of Cuba's foes.
Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010
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Often others see the beauty in you while you, conditioned by hypercriticism, see only flaws.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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… It is sheer hypercriticism to deny the substantially Mosaic character of the Pentateuchal tradition.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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… It is sheer hypercriticism to deny the substantially Mosaic character of the Pentateuchal tradition.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Often others see the beauty in you while you, conditioned by hypercriticism, see only flaws.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Often others see the beauty in you while you, conditioned by hypercriticism, see only flaws.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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Often others see the beauty in you while you, conditioned by hypercriticism, see only flaws.
True You Janet Jackson 2011
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I'd give up this line of hypercriticism if I was a GOPer ... it's not going to do yuo any good.
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… It is sheer hypercriticism to deny the substantially Mosaic character of the Pentateuchal tradition.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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