hypercriticism

== English == === Etymology === From hyper- +‎ criticism. === Noun === hypercriticism (countable and uncountable, plural hypercriticisms) Excessive or unfairly harsh criticism. Hypernyms: overcriticism < criticism, critique Near-synonyms: (quibbling type) cavillation, cavilling, nitpicking, nitpickery, pettifogging, pettifoggery, hairsplitting, hair-splittery, splitting hairs; (demolishing type) excoriation, excoriating, bashing, trashing ==== Related terms ==== === References === “hypercriticism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.