# etic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɛtɪk/

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

## 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 […]”

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/etic