Critic
Critic noun - A person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults.
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Synonyms for Critic
Reader and critic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reader" instead a noun "Critic".
Reader
Reader noun - Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication.
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Ebert's reply was that a critic's job is not to pass judgment on a particular movie, but to give the reader an impression as to whether or not they would want to see it themselves.
Source: Creator / Roger Ebert -
Mock Millionaire: At his prologue of Thorstein Veblen's Theory Of The Leisure Class (The reader can find more about this book at Conspicuous Consumption, Real Life) Borges shows us a harsh critic for Argentinean society:Veblen thought and wrote this book in the United States.
Source: Creator / Jorge Luis Borges -
Dear Negative Reader: He quotes a critic/troll on the forums who mocks him for spending so much time looking for deeper meaning in a lighthearted kids show, and he points out the truly dark and deep elements this season has while still being a fun, overall lighthearted kids show.
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