Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

constructive criticism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
con-struc-tive -crit-i-cism
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any type of criticism that is intended to provide suggestions for improvement without offending or insulting the recipient.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

constructive criticisms (plural) concrit (alternative)

Antonyms

destructive criticism

Questions

What does constructive criticism mean?
Any type of criticism that is intended to provide suggestions for improvement without offending or insulting the recipient.

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