Collocation with IELTS Word Criticism

Collocation refers to a combination of words that are likely to go together. For example ‘light sleeper’ or ‘early riser’ are both affiliated with each other. Collocation helps to reduce the overusing of terms like ‘very’ or ‘nice’.For IELTS, collocation is divided into categories like – adverb + adjective, noun + adjective, etc. Given below are the collocations for the word “Criticism”. Developing a better understanding of the Collocations will help the candidates in IELTS writing and earn better bands in the IELTS examination.

The word “Criticism” can be defined as a feeling or expression of disapproving of something or someone based on faults and merits. ‘Criticism’ can have 2 meanings. Let’s see the connection of the word to its meaning like- disapproval of something/someone, and analysis of a play, book, film, or any literary or artistic work.

‘Criticism’ is disapproval of something or someone.

The following is the usage of the word in different parts of speech.

‘Criticism’ as an Adjective

Meaning: bitter, severe, strong

Sentence: He criticized the play very severely

Meaning: telling, valid, hostile

Sentence: All his criticisms were valid

Meaning: scathing, major, direct

Sentence: He directly criticized the director.

Meaning: implied, major, substantial

Sentence: All evidence against him was substantial.

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Meaning: constructive

Sentence: constructive criticism helped him improve his work

Meaning: justified

Sentence: his criticism was justified as he’s the father

Meaning: fierce

Sentence: The staff faced fierce criticism for how the event was handled

Meaning: negative, destructive

Sentence: the only negative review came from the other section

Meaning: widespread

Sentence: there was widespread criticism regarding his behavior

‘Criticism’ as a Verb

The word ‘place’ has a different meaning as a verb-

Meaning: Level

Sentence: Their criticism was leveled at the managers.

Meaning: come under

Sentence: She came under a lot of criticism for her decisions.

Meaning: avoid, deflect

Sentence: she deflected criticism and blamed someone else

Meaning: take

Sentence: he finds it had to accept any criticism

Meaning: attract

Sentence: his shares in the company attracted a lot of criticism

Meaning: face

Sentence: the family faced a lot of criticism from the public

‘Criticism’ as Preposition

There are a few ways to use ‘Criticism’ as a preposition-

Meaning: about

Sentence: The main criticism about the actors was the costumes.

Meaning: from

Sentence: They are bound to be criticized by both sides

Meaning: over

Sentence: We encountered severe criticism over this novel

Meaning: of

Sentence: There has been some criticism of our teaching method

‘Criticism’ as an Analysis of Literary or Artistic work-

The following is the usage of Criticism in analyzing content-

‘Criticism’ as an Adjective

Here, Criticism refers to a certain role of the word in sentences, let’s discuss-

Meaning: practical

Sentence: His criticism for the book was very practical

Meaning: art, biblical

Sentence: He criticized the painting very biblically

Meaning: historical

Sentence: This play has historically received a lot of criticism

Meaning: address

Sentence: he addressed the criticism voiced by the producer for his film

Meaning: media

Sentence: the media criticized the portrayal of characters in the video

Meaning: unjustified

Sentence: he expressed that the reviews and criticisms were unjustified

‘Criticism’ as a Verb

Meaning: come from someone

Sentence: the harshest critique of his art came from his professor

Meaning: center on something

Sentence: this drawing is centered on the hardships faced in the 1700s

Meaning: imply

Sentence: his criticism implies the musician did not have any emotions while playing the instrument.

Meaning: receive

Sentence: His paintwork received a lot of criticism from his teacher

Meaning: reserve

Sentence: the harshest criticism is reserved for the high-level artists

Meaning: impress

Sentence: his acting impressed the notorious critics

Meaning: hail something

Sentence: the critics hailed their performance for the circus