different between criticism vs fallax

English

Etymology

critic +? -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??t?s?z?m/
• Hyphenation: crit?i?cism

Noun

criticism (countable and uncountable, plural criticisms)

1. (uncountable) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed

   The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
2. (countable) A critical observation or detailed examination and review.

   The politician received several detailed criticisms of his stance on the issue.

   Synonyms: critique, animadversion, censure

Derived terms

Related terms

• critic
• criticise
• critical

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “criticism”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• criticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• "criticism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 84.

Romanian

Etymology

From French criticisme

Noun

criticism n (uncountable)

1. criticism

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin fallax (“deceptive”). See fallacy.

Noun

fallax (plural fallaxes)

1. (obsolete) cavillation; petty criticism

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cranmer to this entry?)

Latin

Etymology

From fall? (“I deceive”) +? -?x (“inclined to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?fal.la?ks/, [?fäl??ä?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fal.laks/, [?f?l??ks]

Adjective

fall?x (genitive fall?cis, comparative fall?cior, superlative fall?cissimus, adverb fall?citer); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. deceptive, deceitful
2. fallacious, spurious

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: fal·laç
• Galician: falaz
• Italian: fallace
• Portuguese: falaz
• Spanish: falaz

References

• fallax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fallax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fallax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.