self-critique
noun
self-cri·tique
ˌself-krə-ˈtēk 
-kri-
plural self-critiques
: the act or an instance of critically examining oneself
… self-critique entails constant attention to the critic's own work, as well as to the work of others concerned with the same problems.—
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Revision and self-critique can be seen as a native form, a beat.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
At least there’s some sly meta self-critique in the arc of its plot: As the characters discover, sometimes going back to the origins of a thing can be a huge mistake.
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—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
The student spent more than two hours preparing for the read-in by videotaping herself reciting the poem for self-critiques and feedback from friends.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
The engine of the story, which is teeming with jokes and inside jokes, critiques and self-critiques, as well as esoteric allusions, is Keesha’s desire to transcend the confines of the Blackground by securing her own autonomous plotline.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
That tendency toward self-critique may ultimately have been the tragic flaw of Menand’s midcentury creatives.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
At least there’s some sly meta self-critique in the arc of its plot: As the characters discover, sometimes going back to the origins of a thing can be a huge mistake.
5.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
The student spent more than two hours preparing for the read-in by videotaping herself reciting the poem for self-critiques and feedback from friends.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
The engine of the story, which is teeming with jokes and inside jokes, critiques and self-critiques, as well as esoteric allusions, is Keesha’s desire to transcend the confines of the Blackground by securing her own autonomous plotline.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
That tendency toward self-critique may ultimately have been the tragic flaw of Menand’s midcentury creatives.
—Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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“Self-critique.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-critique. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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