Critic
Critic noun - A person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults.
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Editor and critic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Editor" instead a noun "Critic".
Editor
Editor noun - A person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine).
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- Any character in fiction who is described as a well-known or influential critic, an editor, or as an English professor, is likely to be a Straw Critic as well as an insufferable snob.
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The character itself, Nicolás, is based in an editor and comicbook critic from Argentina, Federico Musso (his mother's name is Pérez Aznar), one of the spelling and grammar editors of the novel.
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It was also used humorously when Homer became a food critic and was criticized by his editor for an inept review.
Source: Out, Damned Spot!
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