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et•ic
Pronunciation: (et'ik), [key]—
adj. Ling.
pertaining 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.-etic
a suffix used in the formation of adjectives:
eidetic. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.