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Synonyms for hypercriticism

  • noun

Most common

hair-splitting bashing nit-picking carping trashing excoriation pettifogging cavillation UK

All synonyms

Noun

hair-splitting, bashing, carping, nit-picking, trashing, excoriation, pettifogging, cavillation UK, cavilation US, cavilling, nitpickery, pettifoggery, hair-splittery informal

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Excessive or unfairly harsh criticism.

Related words

Is a kind of
criticism critique

Forms

Plural
hypercriticisms → hair-splittings, bashings, carpings, trashings…

Example sentences

  • bashing Bashing Islam has become a business in the West.
  • trashing Robert started trashing lockers and vandalizing the walls.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
hypercriticismsteady
bashingrising
carpingfalling
trashingrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
bashing2, carping2
8 letters
trashing2
9 letters
cavilling
10 letters
cavilation, nitpickery
11 letters
excoriation5, cavillation
12 letters
pettifogging, pettifoggery

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bashing2 = 2 syllables).