Definition of etic in English:

etic

adjective ˈɛtɪkˈedik

Anthropology

Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, non-structural, and objective in its perspective.
（对特定语言或文化的描述）非位的，素的。常与EMIC 相对
is there a valid cross-cultural etic definition of violence?
Often contrasted with emic
Example sentencesExamples
- Drawing on data from biological anthropology, historical linguistics, and archaeology, he attempts an etic examination of the processes of formation of ethnic groups in the Japanese islands between 400 BC and the medieval era.
- In ethnographic studies, the orientation of the researcher is termed etic or emic.
- Some anthropologists address the problem of determining from whose perspective an observation is meaningful and against which set of standards it should be validated by calling attention to the emic or etic status of data.
- The importance of finding a set of etic dimensions and corresponding and yet valid and reliable measures on which ethnic groups may be compared is stressed by our findings, which may represent a step in this direction.
- But where emic and etic accounts differ lies the potential for insights into, and explanations for, puzzling human behavior.
- Related to the problems of anachronism and ethnocentrism is the distinction between emic and etic terms.

Origin

1950s: abstracted from phonetic.

Definition of etic in US English:

etic

adjectiveˈedik

Anthropology

Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural, and objective in its perspective.
（对特定语言或文化的描述）非位的，素的。常与EMIC 相对
is there a valid cross-cultural etic definition of violence?
Often contrasted with emic
Example sentencesExamples
- The importance of finding a set of etic dimensions and corresponding and yet valid and reliable measures on which ethnic groups may be compared is stressed by our findings, which may represent a step in this direction.
- Drawing on data from biological anthropology, historical linguistics, and archaeology, he attempts an etic examination of the processes of formation of ethnic groups in the Japanese islands between 400 BC and the medieval era.
- Some anthropologists address the problem of determining from whose perspective an observation is meaningful and against which set of standards it should be validated by calling attention to the emic or etic status of data.
- In ethnographic studies, the orientation of the researcher is termed etic or emic.
- But where emic and etic accounts differ lies the potential for insights into, and explanations for, puzzling human behavior.
- Related to the problems of anachronism and ethnocentrism is the distinction between emic and etic terms.

Origin

1950s: abstracted from phonetic.

词汇	etic
释义	Definition of etic in English: etic adjective ˈɛtɪkˈedik Anthropology Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, non-structural, and objective in its perspective. （对特定语言或文化的描述）非位的，素的。常与EMIC 相对 is there a valid cross-cultural etic definition of violence? Often contrasted with emic Example sentencesExamples Drawing on data from biological anthropology, historical linguistics, and archaeology, he attempts an etic examination of the processes of formation of ethnic groups in the Japanese islands between 400 BC and the medieval era. In ethnographic studies, the orientation of the researcher is termed etic or emic. Some anthropologists address the problem of determining from whose perspective an observation is meaningful and against which set of standards it should be validated by calling attention to the emic or etic status of data. The importance of finding a set of etic dimensions and corresponding and yet valid and reliable measures on which ethnic groups may be compared is stressed by our findings, which may represent a step in this direction. But where emic and etic accounts differ lies the potential for insights into, and explanations for, puzzling human behavior. Related to the problems of anachronism and ethnocentrism is the distinction between emic and etic terms. Origin 1950s: abstracted from phonetic. Definition of etic in US English: etic adjectiveˈedik Anthropology Relating to or denoting an approach to the study or description of a particular language or culture that is general, nonstructural, and objective in its perspective. （对特定语言或文化的描述）非位的，素的。常与EMIC 相对 is there a valid cross-cultural etic definition of violence? Often contrasted with emic Example sentencesExamples The importance of finding a set of etic dimensions and corresponding and yet valid and reliable measures on which ethnic groups may be compared is stressed by our findings, which may represent a step in this direction. Drawing on data from biological anthropology, historical linguistics, and archaeology, he attempts an etic examination of the processes of formation of ethnic groups in the Japanese islands between 400 BC and the medieval era. Some anthropologists address the problem of determining from whose perspective an observation is meaningful and against which set of standards it should be validated by calling attention to the emic or etic status of data. In ethnographic studies, the orientation of the researcher is termed etic or emic. But where emic and etic accounts differ lies the potential for insights into, and explanations for, puzzling human behavior. Related to the problems of anachronism and ethnocentrism is the distinction between emic and etic terms. Origin 1950s: abstracted from phonetic.
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