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NEW CRITICISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does new criticism mean?

• NEW CRITICISM (noun)
The noun NEW CRITICISM has 1 sense:

1. literary criticism based on close analysis of the text

Familiarity information: NEW CRITICISM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NEW CRITICISM (noun)

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Meaning:

Literary criticism based on close analysis of the text

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("new criticism" is a kind of...):

criticism; literary criticism (a written evaluation of a work of literature)

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