critical faculty

Beyond that, they need to develop the critical faculties to judge for themselves.

It is for me, you see, a holiday from my critical faculties.

It is hard to define the influence this has, but most children do not have the means to develop a critical faculty.

Because it's everywhere we've lost some of our critical faculties in understanding this is no longer real.

What the two have in common is the conviction that it's good stuff, and the absence of any critical faculty.

He tried to contain himself, bring his critical faculties to bear on what had moved him so.

The words don't quite make sense, but your critical faculties are too stunned to object.

Even Daniel was moved, and his critical faculties were suspended for the moment.

She took a long breath, then said, Use your critical faculties as an attorney how would you describe the evidence?

This participation also allows young people to understand the construction of information and to develop the necessary critical faculty.

Children don't have developed critical faculties; they accept what their beloved books tell them.

Children cannot be compared with other consumers, since they lack the critical faculty to judge the message in commercial communications.

This is no guarantee that our critical faculties will be suspended.

Shows exercise of critical faculty (particularly in Year 3).

He said I would never find a mate, because if there's one thing men fear, it's a woman who uses her critical faculties.

More important, the appearance of these projects helped to resharpen the critical faculty.

His example is highly creative, inviting us to use our own critical faculties, to consider art as an experience both in and of life.

The purpose of education is to develop critical faculties.

She is a woman of gentle disposition but sharp critical faculties.

She had to hold his attention without invoking his critical faculty.

What decent journalists have that most people in the pop industry don't, is a proper critical faculty.

We are too ready to suspend our critical faculties with anybody claiming to be green.

He should, however, slow down, produce shorter books, and allow his critical faculties to flow.

Then the critical faculties come into play, studying, comparing, analyzing.

"Still, perhaps it developed my critical faculties, who knows."