Constructive criticism aims to show that the intent or purpose of something is better served by an alternative approach.

Destructive criticism aims to destroy the target of criticism, by making the destructive criticism (e.g. "you should shut up and follow the program").

Most criticism does not aim at the overthrow of Evans' system, but only complains that it does not capture all the data, such as local variations.

If "Bob, Bill, Ron" were instead the First Men, perhaps the assigned roles would be more appropriate and the criticism aimed at more constructive and appropriate targets.

Their criticism is political and aimed at Hawaiian claims to justice and has never really attacked the actual scholarship of Hawaiian Studies scholars.

Kael cut her teeth reviewing for small, specialized or highbrow journals at a moment when criticism aimed at being systematic, intellectually lucid, and tightly defended.

The game has received praise for its graphics and shooting mechanics, and criticism mostly aimed towards the game's story and poor out-of-the-box PC compatibility.

Another criticism aims the marginal percentage of people actually using public transportation.

Historical criticism aims to determine the provenance, authorship, and process by which ancient texts were composed.

His criticism aims at several targets which concern him and are at different levels of abstraction: