Vocabulary
Critique
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory.
Urdu meaning
تبصرہ، تنقید، جائزہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Written under the repressive communist regime, the essay was not merely a critique of authoritarianism; it was a profound thought piece on how ordinary people sustain or can dismantle systems of control.
Dawn Editorials —
Power of the powerless
— 2026-05-02
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Sonia Gandhi has, in fact, written a moving critique of Modi`s silence over Khamenei`s assassination, a searing essay that would make Nehru proud.
Dawn Editorials —
Who endures the pain, wins
— 2026-03-10
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Any critique of IMF programme design is met with the standard trope that `Pakistan is to blame and not the IMF`.
Dawn Editorials —
The IMF`s culpability
— 2026-03-05
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The `nani` taunts, the speculation about her appearance, the AI-generated deepfake images that now circulate on social media with depressing regularity these are not political critique.
Dawn Editorials —
Flying high
— 2026-03-01
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Demanding racial diversity in a period drama set in 18th-century rural Denmark isn`t progressive filmmaking critique it`s simply bad history dressed up as a moral stance.
Dawn Editorials —
The mockery trap
— 2026-02-22
Synonyms
analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, appreciation, review, write-up, criticism.
Antonyms
reject, disapprove.
Curator example
“a critique of Marxist historicism”.
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