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etic

1 American  
[et-ik] / ˈɛt ɪk /

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 American  

  1. a suffix used in the formation of adjectives.

    eidetic.

Etymology

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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