etic
1 of 2adjective
et·ic ˈe-tik 
: of, relating to, or involving analysis of cultural phenomena from the perspective of one who does not participate in the culture being studied compare emic
-etic
2 of 2adjective suffix
: -ic
limnetic
—often in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -esis genetic
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
phonetic
Adjective suffix
Latin & Greek; Latin -eticus, from Greek -etikos, -ētikos, from -etos, -ētos, ending of certain verbals
First Known Use
Adjective
1954, in the meaning defined above
- recantation
- recantations
- recanted
- recanter
- recanters
- recanting
- recants
- recap
- recapitalisation
- recapitalisations
- recapitalise
- recapitalised
- recapitalises
- recapitalising
- recapitalization
- recapitalizations
- recapitalize
- recapitalized
- recapitalizes
- recapitalizing
- recapitulate
- recapitulated
- recapitulates
- recapitulating
- recapitulation