A parallel phenomenon to Slovene lexicography has been its critique, which has been brought to the fore only in the past two centuries. Lexicographic works of a general nature received the most significant critical response, i.e., the Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika [Dictionary of Standard Slovene] (1970–1991) and Slovenski pravopis [Slovene Orthography] (2001). The article presents the scope of lexicographic critique, its typology and impact, as well as the main critical issues, along with some sample material