It was on this basis that the school's doctrines were defended in the face of growing external, and sometimes even internal, criticism.

However, Columbia has not been exempt from internal and external criticism in recent years.

Periodically, individuals within Japan spur external criticism.

Despite internal and external criticisms of the album, the band's 1978-1979 tour was a commercial success.

The external criticism helped weaken the regime against its opponents and hastened the onset of political revolution.

Retirement usually consistes of personal introspection, not external criticism.

History guidelines commonly used by historians in their work, require external criticism, internal criticism, and synthesis.

It has overcome internal bickering and incessant external criticism.

Through the process of external criticism, the researcher learns whether or not the object of scrutiny is authentic.

The first four are known as higher criticism; the fifth, lower criticism; and, together, external criticism.