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Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

Urgently needed; absolutely necessary