hypercritIcism

[Pref. hyper-, and Eng. criticism (q. v.).] Exce ive or unreasonable crit i cism; over-nicene or exactne . hy-per-du-li-a, hy-per-du-lỹ, s. [Pref. hyper-, and Eng., ., dulia (q. v.).] Roman Theol.: A subdivision of dulia (q.v.). This is an important point; if it be lost sight of, there is danger of forgetting that the Ble ed Virgin is a creature, and of putting her between creatures and God. ( St. Thomas of Aquin .) The higher veneration given to the Ble ed Virgin as the most exalted of mere creatures, though, of course, inf i nitely inferior to God, and incomparably inferior to Christ in His human nature. ( Addis & Arnold . ) IMG:content-1414.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1415.png:[blocks in formation] "They hyperbolize sometimes in some points in their popular sermons." -Mountagu : Appeal to Cæsar , ch. xxii. B. Trans.: To expre in hyperbolical language; to exaggerate. "Vain people hyperbolizing this fact."-Fotherley: Athe omastix .