criterial
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8.9
- adjective
- /kraɪˈtɪəriəl/
- Formal
- When assessing the candidates, we focused on criterial traits such as experience and leadership skills.
Examples
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Teachers often use criterial benchmarks to evaluate student performance objectively.
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The criterial requirements for this scholarship include a strong academic record and community service.
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The linguistic, criterial question does not surface in his discussion, in the thinkers he cites, or in his agenda for further inquiry.
Academic text (2007) -
That is, in the very process of pretending to pretend, players are predisposed to exaggerate, emphasize, and make explicit what they regard as criterial features of collective make-believe play.
Academic text (1995) -
Perception, thought, recollection, and knowledge are often considered to be criterial features of focalization, and all these mental processes are closely related to seeing, albeit only metonymically or metaphorically.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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7.1
Giving an opinion about the value or quality of something
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Criterial comes from the Greek kriterion, which meant a 'standard a judge uses'. So something criterial is a main point or rule you use to judge or evaluate something today.