Home › Words › A › anticriticanticriticanticritic means an opponent of critics or criticism.EtymologyFrom anti- + critic.nounAn opponent of critics or criticism.e.g.“There is a legitimate sense in which the book represents all that the resurgent amateurs and appreciators, the professed anticritics of the 1950's were protesting against.” — 1965, William K. Wimsatt, Hateful Contraries, page 19:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anticritical 87% match — Opposing critics or criticism. vs anticritic →anticriticism 79% match — Opposition to critical examination and review. vs anticritic →critickin 69% match — A petty critic; a criticaster. vs anticritic →anticritique 67% match — A critique written in response to another critique. vs anticritic →noncritic 66% match — One who is not a critic. vs anticritic →criticaster 66% match — A petty or charlatan critic. vs anticritic →critiquer 65% match — One who critiques. vs anticritic →anticreator 64% match — One who opposes a creator. vs anticritic →