etic
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etic
- /ˈɛtɪk/
Rhymes with -ɛtɪk
Where it comes from
Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonetic.
* Kenneth Lee Pike (1962), With Heart and Mind: A Personal Synthesis of Scholarship and Devotion, page 37: “I have coined the term etic to refer to the detached observer’s view […]”
adjective more etic · most etic
- Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside that culture. A useful example of the emic-etic distinction may be made by comparing the concept “waves on the ocean or sea” from the perspective of a European American with that of a Truk Islander […] The proposed etics here might be that both cultures understand the use of waves as vehicles for surfing and as m
Translations
Talk about this word "etic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/etic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. etic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/etic "etic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/etic.Cite this
@misc{etic_2026,
title = {etic},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/etic},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
