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Creticism
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English
Etymology
From en Crete -ic -ism.
Noun
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en rare The use of falsehoods; lying.
en 1915 The Chronicle 15 Another Creticism is the solemn assurance that the Roman Church is not in politics. It is a fact well known that the Papacy maintains an “Apostolic Delegation” in Washington accredited to the Church
en 2009 Donald Phillip Verene Speculative Philosophy 73 This is a noble art because it is wisdom itself to know what singing is required. Knowledge, unlike wisdom is a form of Creticism, an inverted Creticism. The rational, scientific knower is the reverse of the Cretan: