music critic
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪk ˈkrɪtɪk/
- Literature
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crítico musical
- Steve Jones is a well-known music critic who writes for USA Today.
- music critics and performers
- music critics and historians
- composers and music critics
Examples
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The first message is from the music critic of The Jerusalem Post.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Students can be seen as amateur music critics."
Academic text (2005) -
Maybe they were music critics.
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Never heard of him, who is he? - A music critic.
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Are all music critics attractive, or just you?
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You made it very clear to me this afternoon just what you thought of me as a music critic.
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Students engaging as music critics might address questions such as:
Academic text (2015) -
I'm a music critic at the chronicle.
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He's a music critic.
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Last week, the Times reassigned its own music critic, Allan Kozinn.
Blog text (12)
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who gives opinions about art, books, films, or music, often as a job
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3.1
A person who reads and checks the quality of a paper, proposal, or code
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who reviews musical performances or recordings' is directly derivable from combining 'music' (the domain) with 'critic' (someone who issues published opinions); the modifier+head composition clearly indicates a critic who specializes in music. This is a common and predictable pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Music critic comes from the simple idea of a person who 'judges' music, where music shows what is judged and critic means the judge. Imagine someone at a concert writing their opinion for a newspaper — that's why a music critic means 'someone who reviews and writes about music'.