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Taka

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How would you interpret 'critical ideas'? What do you think it means?
 

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From the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:

6making judgments making careful judgments about how good or bad something is : His book provides a critical analysis of the television industry in Britain.
She looked round the room with a critical eye .

 

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Just to show how important context is, it's worth mentioning that my initial contextless thought was of a totally different definition from the one suggested by Chicken Sandwich.
 

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I don't have context for that one and I'm at a loss, so I asked the question.

So let me ask this way.

Is there any other way to interpret it than what CS suggested?
 

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"Critical" can mean "Very important" or "crucial." Like "reducing entitlement costs is critical to the health of the economy."

Or it can be like a movie critic and his critical ideas about how to improve a film.
 

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"Critical" can mean "Very important" or "crucial." Like "reducing entitlement costs is critical to the health of the economy."


That's how I understand it at first.

So it's quite ambiguous as a stand alone phrase. Good.


Thanks!
 
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