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judge(noun, person, taste, authority, value)
14
carper(noun, praise, scold, opponent, enemy)
14
connoisseur(noun, person, taste, authority, judgment)
12
detractor(noun, radical, opponent, enemy, revolutionary)
11
commentator(noun, person, value, judgment, writer)
10
censor(noun, person, judgment, opponent, enemy)
10
reviewer(noun, value, judgment, writer, reporter)
9
caviler(noun, praise, scold, opponent, enemy)
7
analyst(noun, feature, person, individual, analysis)
7
authority(noun, judge, expert, court, justice)
6
wordsmith(noun, author, writer, correspondent, poet)
6
amateur
6
arbiter(noun, authority, judge, expert, court)
6
censurer(noun, opponent, enemy, attacker, censor)
6
expert(noun, authority, judge, court, justice)
6
faultfinder(noun, praise, scold, opponent, enemy)
6
pundit(noun, writer, reporter, interpreter, observer)
5
attacker(noun, opponent, enemy, censor, detractor)
5
critical(adjective, severe, harsh, unsympathetic, unfavorable)
5
defamer(noun, opponent, enemy, attacker, censor)
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