Ethic vs Etic - What's the difference?
ethic | etic |
a set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.
the morality of an action
(social sciences) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.
* 1996 , Advanced Methodological Issues in Culturally Competent Evaluation for Substance Abuse Prevention
As adjectives the difference between ethic and etic
is that ethic is moral, relating to morals while etic is of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.As a noun ethic
is a set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.ethic
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Alternative forms
* ethick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- I think the golden rule is a great ethic .
Derived terms
* ethic of reciprocity * evolutionary ethic * Protestant ethic * work ethicSee also
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*etic
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(Emic and etic)Adjective
(en adjective)- A useful example of the emic'-'''etic''' distinction may be made by comparing the concept “waves on the ocean or sea” from the perspective of a European American with that of a Truk Islander […] The proposed '''etic'''s here might be that both cultures understand the use of waves as vehicles for surfing and as movement reflecting the transfer of energy […] certain differences, or ' emic s exist, for European Americans the waves may be sources of beauty — the Truk Islander has learned to use them […] as a road map.