etic

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• There is particular interest in exploring the nuances of the research relationship between self and other, examining issues of truth, authenticity, and intentionality, and there is continued discussion about the benefits and disadvantages of emic and etic analytic perspectives.

  Academic text (1992)

• By using an etic lens, scholars can objectively assess the cultural significance of rituals observed in different societies.

• Also, both are entirely etic accounts of what religion is supposed to do.

  Blog text (23)

• The discourse of qawiyyi, or its etic parallel feminine strength, represents one such contact point.

  Academic text (2006)

• Etic statements depend upon phenomenal distinctions judged appropriate by a community of scientific observers.

  Academic text (2006)

• The history of knowledge about other cultures cannot be separated from the cultural, epistemological imperialism that the etic perspective facilitates.

  Academic text (1992)

• Although many studies evaluate the process and meaning of change in African art, they mostly do this from the perspective of etic change, which documents the insertion of these objects into the frameworks of Western discourses and inscriptions.

  Academic text (2005)

• Although a purely emic analysis safeguards the native's understanding, it can make no contribution to scholarly discourse or to its existential understanding without the use of etic categories.

  Academic text (1992)

• For the purpose of intelligibility to the anthropological community existing within the home culture, we need to construct etic concepts because skillful scholarly discourse contributes to the mission of anthropology.

  Academic text (1992)

• Researchers often employ an etic perspective to better understand cultural practices from an outside viewpoint.

Antonyms

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emic

• Specialized

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A view or explanation given by people in a culture

Surface Forms

Etymology