etic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈɛtɪk/

Definition of etic

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.

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Etymology

Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonetic. * Kenneth Lee Pike (1962), With Heart and Mind: A Personal Synthesis of Scholarship and Devotion, page 37: “I have coined the term etic to refer to the detached observer’s view […]”

Anagrams of etic

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play cite 6 points

Words you can make from etic

9 playable · top: CITE (6 pts)

Best play cite 6 points

3-letter words

4 words

2-letter words

4 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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