Kritikája

Kritikája is a Hungarian term meaning "his/her/its critique." The base word is kritika, which denotes critique, review, or critical assessment. The possessive form is created with the suffix -ja (or -e in certain phonetic contexts), yielding kritikája, which translates to "his critique," "her critique," or "its critique" depending on the possessor. The form appears in ordinary sentences as well as in titles or headings.

In Hungarian usage, Kritikája can function as part of a noun phrase referring to a specific person’s or entity’s critical evaluation of something. It is also commonly found as a stylistic device in literary and journalistic contexts, particularly in polemical or analytic writing. In titles, Kritikája may be used to denote the creator of the critique or to present a critique of a subject, for example as a thematic label in an essay collection or a column.

From a linguistic perspective, Kritikája illustrates the Hungarian possessive suffix system. The suffix attaches to the root kritika and is inflected to agree with the possessor, while the stem remains unchanged. The word retains its content meaning in longer phrases such as Kritikája a művészetről (his critique of art) or Kritikája a társadalmi mozgalomról (his critique of the social movement), with context clarifying the subject of critique.

Kritikája is not a fixed proper name for a single work unless used as such in a given context. To avoid ambiguity, it is common to accompany the term with the possessor or subject being critiqued.