November 2, 2017     =========

☆  criticism 批判

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Criticism is the opposite of praise. A criticism is a statement that expresses disapproval of something or someone. There are a few other words with similar meanings that you might like to add to your vocabulary: fault-finding, bad press, character assassination, and flak (informal). Have you heard of any of these?

Character assassination is an interesting one I think – an assassination is when someone famous or important is murdered. So, when there is a character assassination, it means that someone’s personality or individual qualities are “murdered.” It doesn’t have to be an important or famous person, you can use this word to describe a coworkerRead more about Today’s Word: criticism[…]