Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

textual criticism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables: tex-tu-al -crit-i-cism
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

textual criticisms (plural)

Phrases

text-critical

Frequently Paired Words

text-critical

Synonyms

lower criticism

Questions

What does textual criticism mean?: A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

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