etic

See also: ètic and -etic

English

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Emic and etic

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Etymology

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 […]”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk
• Hyphenation: e‧tic

Adjective

etic (comparative more etic, superlative most etic)

1. (social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.
   • 1996, Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention:

     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 movement reflecting the transfer of energy […] certain differences, or emics exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.

Coordinate terms

• emic

Derived terms

• etically
• eticness

Translations

analyzing a culture from outside

Catalan: ètic (ca) Dutch: etisch German: etisch (de) Greek: ητικός (el) (itikós) Polish: etyczny (pl) Spanish: ético (es) Welsh: etig

Anagrams

• CETI, EITC, Tice, cite, tice

Central Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etiːk/

Adjective

etic

1. heavy