Hold on, this sounds like you're sympathizing for the individual who cant take criticism. The inability to take criticism is a mark of immaturity. While there are better and worse ways to try breaking someone out of the defensive mindset, coddling the individual is not going to solve a single thing.
Redefining criticism or trying to find some other bullshit term that means THE EXACT SAME THING solves zero. You are deflecting responsibility and consequences for a later date, a form of tech debt.
And yes, people do asked to get criticized from the technical to the arts. The ones who want to know what they did wrong before hearing the right are the ones who skyrocket in skill. The thing with them is, they were taught early on that they need to take criticism as a trajectory to get better rather than an excuse to cry. They weren't told some bullshit word that protected them from "criticism".
Redefining criticism or trying to find some other bullshit term that means THE EXACT SAME THING solves zero. You are deflecting responsibility and consequences for a later date, a form of tech debt.
And yes, people do asked to get criticized from the technical to the arts. The ones who want to know what they did wrong before hearing the right are the ones who skyrocket in skill. The thing with them is, they were taught early on that they need to take criticism as a trajectory to get better rather than an excuse to cry. They weren't told some bullshit word that protected them from "criticism".