WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
et•ic
(et′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Ling.]
-etic,
- Linguisticspertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system. Cf. emic.
- 1950–55; extracted from phonetic; see emic
-etic,
- a suffix used in the formation of adjectives:eidetic.
- Latin -eticus, Greek -etikos, equivalent. to -et-, a formative occurring in some nouns + -ikos -ic
'etic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
antipathetic
- apathetic
- bathetic
- cybernation
- eidetic
- emic
- empathetic
- ethacrynic acid
- ethic
- indomethacin
- kinase
- phenetic
- phonesthemic
- semiheretic
- splenetic
- sulindac
- sympathectomy
- sympatholytic
- sympathomimetic
- synthol
- thiouracil
- uracil