Definition of "critique" []

• A critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature. (noun)
• A critical discussion of a specified topic. (noun)
• The art of criticism. (noun)
• Usage Problem To review or discuss critically. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Missing from your critique is any acknowledgement that Obama could have followed your suggestion to the letter and got absolutely nothing for his troubles."
• "Re brewmn at 47: Missing from your critique is any acknowledgement that Obama could have followed your suggestion to the letter and got absolutely nothing for his troubles."
• "With the distance of five years and newly remastered, stunning HD transfers (looking especially eye-popping on Blu-ray), Park Chan-wook's bizarre and curiously cathartic revenge trilogy, which he calls a critique of the class system, is starting to shape up as one of the last decade's major works."