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definitive easy brand exoneration bridle cover yourself blunt reader–response criticism dazzle hymnology maintain virulent technique single sb/sth out persistent in the firing line big mouth notice hatchet job shall I/we say crush good call (or bad call) innuendo blowback cover nicety I'm not saying..., but... firing line wear dead cat dirt bring (someone) to book run the gauntlet backhanded formalism parry took co-opt bristle puffatory pelters taken in (all) fairness explicit strident barb nerve pull punches scurrilous stick to if the cap fits, wear it (North American if the shoe fits, wear it) text blue drumbeat empirio-critical hide perspectivism virtual punch-pulling (I'm) just saying hostile be the butt of something pissant response talking-to Boileau, Nicholas task handbag heart incidence obnoxious hospital pass unpersuasive haze McCarthyism there's no law against it emotive theory open take sth to heart flareback hazard get away with something quotationist rank récit searing alazony courage Empson, Sir William hard hitter Longinus intersperse you can’t keep a good man/woman down reader convincing yes–man blackmail uncalled-for New Historicism Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin againstism complacent Galbraith, John Kenneth that’s rich I’m bound to say subtweet objurgation eristic hail right venom prima donna schizoid corrector minute painterish New Criticism close ranks devil Djilas rigor analepsis art comix cosmovision Bork inoculation catharsis modernism take the heat off sb crab rhetorize under the gun skepticism damn cafeteria Catholic railroad bunker mentality subjunctivity Ransom, John Crowe Sidney honesty Suez crisis sneer haplography Barthes, Roland Brooks, Cleanth excoriation Eysenck, Hans historical method do-gooder affective fallacy Richards, I. 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Words For "immanent criticism"

As you've probably noticed, words for "immanent criticism" are listed above. According to the algorithm that drives this word similarity engine, the top 5 related words for "immanent criticism" are: flak, attack, stricture, censure, and animadversion. There are 728 other words that are related to or similar to immanent criticism listed above. Hopefully the generated list of words for "immanent criticism" above suit your needs. If not, you might want to check out Related Words - another project of mine which uses a different technique (not though that it works best with single words, not phrases).

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