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
- small-mindedness
- small-scale
- small-seeded false flax
- small-time
- small-timer
- small-timers
- small-toothed palm civet
- small-town
- small-towner
- smallage
- smallages
- smallclothes
- smalled
- smallen
- smaller
- smaller European elm bark beetle
- smaller pine sawyer
- smallest
- Smalley
- smallholder
- smallholders
- smallholding
- smallholdings
- smalling
- smallish