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etic

1

[ et-ik ]

adjective

Linguistics.
  1. pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.


-etic

2
  1. a suffix used in the formation of adjectives:

    eidetic.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of etic1

1950–55; extracted from phonetic; emic

Origin of etic2

< Latin -eticus, Greek -etikos, equivalent to -et-, a formative occurring in some nouns + -ikos -ic

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