Dictionary

textual criticism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.

Forms

Relateds

text-critical

Synonyms

lower criticism

Translations (19)

de Textkritik (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · es crítica textual (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · id kritik teks (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · fr critique textuelle (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · cmn 校勘學 /校勘学 (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · pl krytyka tekstu (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · nb tekstkritikk (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · pt crítica textual (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · la critica textualis (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · el κριτική κειμένου (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · nl tekstkritiek (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · pl tekstologia (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · nn tekstkritikk (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · fi tekstikritiikki (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · da tekstkritik (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · af tekskritiek (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · sv textkritik (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · eo tekstkritiko (discipline for reconstructing old text forms) · it critica testuale (discipline for reconstructing old text forms)