Critical or Critically may refer to:
*Critical, or critical but stable,
medical states
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intensive care medicine
Intensive care medicine, usually called critical care medicine, is a medical specialty that deals with seriously or critically ill patients who have, are at risk of, or are recovering from conditions that may be life-threatening. It includes p ...
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Critical juncture, a discontinuous change studied in the social sciences.
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Critical Software
Critical Software is a Portuguese international information systems and software company, headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal, Coimbra. The company was established in 1998, from the University of Coimbra's business incubator and technology transfer ...
, a company specializing in mission and business critical information systems
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Critical theory
Critical theory is a social, historical, and political school of thought and philosophical perspective which centers on analyzing and challenging systemic power relations in society, arguing that knowledge, truth, and social structures are ...
, a school of thought that critiques society and culture by applying knowledge from the social sciences and the humanities
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Critically endangered
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...
, a risk status for wild species
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Criticality (status)
In the operation of a nuclear reactor, criticality or critical state is the state in which a nuclear chain reaction is self-sustaining but not growing. Subcriticality or subcritical state is the state in which a nuclear chain reaction is not sel ...
, the condition of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction
Art, entertainment, and media
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''Critical'' (novel), a medical thriller written by Robin Cook
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''Critical'' (TV series), a Sky 1 TV series
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"Critical" (''Person of Interest''), an episode of the American television drama series ''Person of Interest''
*"Critical", a song by Abhi the Nomad from the album ''
Abhi vs the Universe'', 2021
*"Critical", a 1999 single by Zion I from the album ''
Mind over Matter''
People
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Cr1TiKaL
Charles Christopher White Jr. (born August 2, 1994), better known as Cr1TiKaL, MoistCr1TiKaL (pronounced "moist critical"), or penguinz0 (pronounced "penguin z zero") is an American YouTuber and streamer. He is best known for his commentary v ...
(born 1994), an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer
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Critic
A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as Art criticism, art, Literary criticism, literature, Music journalism, music, Film criticism, cinema, Theater criticism, theater, Fas ...
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Criticality (disambiguation)
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Critical Condition (disambiguation)
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Criticism
Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response. , ''the act of giving your opinion or judgment about the ...
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Crisis
A crisis (: crises; : critical) is any event or period that will lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affairs, especially when ...
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Critique
Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is frequently understood as fault finding and negative judgment, Rodolphe Gasché (2007''The honor of thinking: critique, theory, philosophy ...
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