acritical

9.9

A disease that does not have a sudden dangerous stage

adjective
/əˈkrɪtɪkəl/

Specialized

: acrítico

Patients with acritical conditions often show minimal symptoms, making diagnosis challenging.

Examples

Unlike many diseases that escalate quickly, some acritical conditions can remain stable for extended periods.
On the other hand, the coach may adopt a totally acritical stance towards these mental "tools" by which the athlete is so productive.

Academic text (1990)
The song's juxtaposition of high culture and popular culture through the contrast between "books" and "black bodies" does not reveal a destabilizing way of looking at Brazilian reality, as was the case with Tropicalismo thirty years ago, but rather seems to confirm each side of the opposition that the movement proposed to undo: the idealization of the popular and the acritical submission to high and first-world cultures.

Academic text (2000)
The doctor's acritical approach allowed him to observe the patient's condition without rushing to conclusions.

Synonyms

nonacute

vsacritical

Specialized

1 6.1

A health problem or symptom that is not severe and does not need immediate treatment

lacks a crisis phase even if severity varies

Antonyms

critical

800 4.0

Very important at a dangerous or decisive moment

Surface Forms

acritical positive

Morphology

acritical = critical (semi-transparent) = a + critical

Formally 'a-' is a negative (privative) prefix attached to 'critical', which yields 'not critical', but the prefix 'a-' is less familiar/productive than un-/in- for many learners.

Etymology

Acritical begins with a- meaning 'not' and uses critical, which comes from the idea of a crisis or 'turning point' in an illness. So acritical means 'without a crisis', used when a disease goes on without a sudden dangerous stage.