adjective
- not involving or requiring careful judgment or analysis; uncritical
- in mathematics and logic, not involving or relating to a critical point or critical value
Usage: formal; often used in academic or philosophical contexts
Usage: technical; mathematics
Examples
- An acritical acceptance of tradition without questioning its validity can hinder progress.
- The student's acritical reading of the source material led to incomplete understanding.
- In mathematics, acritical values are those that do not satisfy the critical point conditions.
- The acritical approach to the problem ignored important nuances and complexities.
- She took an acritical stance toward the popular opinion rather than forming her own judgment.
- The acritical analysis failed to identify the underlying assumptions in the argument.