criticism
crit.i.cism \'krit-*-.siz-*m\ n 1a: the act of criticizing usu. unfavorably 1b: a critical observation or remark 1c: CRITIQUE 2: the art of evaluating or analyzing with knowledge and propriety esp. wor ks of art or literature 3: the scientific investigation of literary documents (as the Bible) in reg ard to such matters as origin, text, composition, character, or history