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- noun Plural form of
hypercriticism .
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Examples
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Last Judgment, 'the artist observed that "The Pope would do better to occupy himself with correcting the disorders and indecencies which disgrace the world, than with any such hypercriticisms upon his art."
Character Samuel Smiles 1858
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Had this nobleman existed _now_, and been pilloried by a true and powerful pen, he would, in addition to his own anonymous assaults, have stirred up a posse of his creatures to assist him in seeking, by falsehoods, hypercriticisms, and abuse, to diminish the influence and take away the good name of his opponent.
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes John Dryden 1665
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But I will not fill my letter to you with hypercriticisms, I will only add an extract from a letter of Colman's, that I received last Friday, and will then dismiss the subject.
The Life and Letters of William Cowper, Esq.: With Remarks on Epistolary Writers 1812
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