Critique

(krĭ-tēk'), n. [Fr. critique, f.; Gr. κριτική (sc. τέχνη), the critical art, from κριτικός. See CRITIC, a.]

1. The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.]
2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical essay; a careful and thorough analysis of any subject; as, Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.