critique

critique is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.]

[2] A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant`s "Critique of Pure Reason." I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison.

[3] A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.] A question among critiques in the ages to come. Bp. Lincoln.