Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overcriticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-crit-i-cism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive criticism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From over- + criticism.

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What does overcriticism mean?
Excessive criticism.
Where does overcriticism come from?
From over- + criticism.

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