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Higher criticism
Higher criticism High"er crit"i*cism Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism. The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism. --W. Robertson Smith.
historical criticism
Higher criticism High"er crit"i*cism Criticism which includes the study of the contents, literary character, date, authorship, etc., of any writing; as, the higher criticism of the Pentateuch. Called also historical criticism. The comparison of the Hebrew and Greek texts . . . introduces us to a series of questions affecting the composition, the editing, and the collection of the sacred books. This class of questions forms the special subject of the branch of critical science which is usually distinguished from the verbal criticism of the text by the name of higher, or historical, criticism. --W. Robertson Smith.
Hypercriticism
Hypercriticism Hy`per*crit"i*cism, n. Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.
Neocriticism
Neocriticism Ne`o*crit"i*cism, n. [Neo- + classicism.] The form of Neo-Kantianism developed by French idealists, following C. Renouvier. It rejects the noumena of Kant, restricting knowledge to phenomena as constituted by a priori categories.
Oneirocriticism
Oneirocriticism O*nei`ro*crit`i*cism, Oneirocritics O*nei`ro*crit`ics, n. The art of interpreting dreams.

Meaning of Criticism from wikipedia

- Literary criticism Art criticism Film criticism Theatre criticism Criticism of religion Criticism of science Self-criticism Social criticism "Criticism". Cambridge...
- Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants...
- of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often...
- Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic...
- Historical criticism (also known as the historical-critical method or higher criticism) is a branch of criticism that investigates the origins of ancient...
- chain, was the subject of multiple controversies. Public and employee criticism against the company has come from around the world, including a wide range...
- Criticism of Israel is a subject of journalistic and scholarly commentary and research within the scope of international relations theory, expressed in...
- Criticism of democracy, or debate on democracy and the different aspects of how to implement democracy best have been widely discussed. There are both...
- the left and the right of the political spectrum. Another key area of criticism is the mandatory licence fee, as commercial competitors argue that means...
- Autodidacticism Unschooling Deschooling Deschooling Society Indigenous education ยง Criticism of the Western educational model Democratic education Student-directed...