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PRONUNCIATION OF EMIC

emic  [ˈɛmɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EMIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

emic

Emic and etic

Emic and etic are terms used by anthropologists and by others in the social and behavioral sciences to refer to two kinds of data concerning human behavior. In particular, they are used in cultural anthropology to refer to kinds of fieldwork done and viewpoints obtained. "The emic approach investigates how local people think": How they perceive and categorize the world, their rules for behavior, what has meaning for them, and how they imagine and explain things. "The etic approach shifts the focus from local observations, categories, explanations, and interpretations to those of the anthropologist. The etic approach realizes that members of a culture often are too involved in what they are doing to interpret their cultures impartially. When using the etic approach, the ethnographer emphasizes what he or she considers important." Although emics and etics are sometimes regarded as inherently in conflict and one can be preferred to the exclusion of the other, the...

Definition of emic in the English dictionary

The definition of emic in the dictionary is of or relating to the role specific elements play in a significant system.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMIC


academic
ˌækəˈdɛmɪk
alchemic
ælˈkɛmɪk
anthemic
ænˈθɛmɪk
biochemic
ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪk
chernozemic
ˌtʃɜːnəʊˈzɛmɪk
ecdemic
ɛkˈdɛmɪk
endemic
ɛnˈdɛmɪk
epidemic
ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk
hyperendemic
ˌhaɪpərɛnˈdɛmɪk
ischaemic
ɪˈskɛmɪk
ischemic
ɪˈskɛmɪk
myxoedemic
ˌmɪksɪˈdɛmɪk
nonacademic
ˌnɒnækəˈdɛmɪk
pandemic
pænˈdɛmɪk
polemic
pəˈlɛmɪk
postischemic
ˌpəʊstɪˈskɛmɪk
sachemic
seɪˈtʃɛmɪk
systemic
sɪˈstɛmɪk
theoremic
ˌθɪəˈrɛmɪk
urinemic
ˌjʊərɪˈnɛmɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMIC

emf
emicant
emicate
emication
emiction
emictory
emigrant
emigrate
emigration
emigrational
emigrationist
emigratory
Emilia-Romagna
Emin
Eminem
eminence
eminencies
eminency
eminent
eminent domain

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMIC

atomic
autonomic
balsamic
ceramic
comic
cosmic
dynamic
economic
ergonomic
genomic
hydrodynamic
Islamic
mic
mimic
orgasmic
panoramic
rhythmic
seismic
socioeconomic
taxonomic

Synonyms and antonyms of emic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «emic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMIC

Find out the translation of emic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

EMIC
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

emic
570 millions of speakers

English

emic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

EMIC
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

EMIC
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эмическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

emic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

emic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

émique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Emic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

emic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イーミックな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

EMIC
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Emic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

emic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

emic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Emic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

emico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

EMIC
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

еміческій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

emic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

emic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

emiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

emiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

emic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMIC»

The term «emic» is regularly used and occupies the 103.799 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMIC»

Discover the use of emic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cross-Cultural Psychology: Research and Applications
Box 1.2 Emic and etic approaches one early attempt to deal with qualitative and quantitative approaches is captured in the distinction between emic and etic. These terms were coined by Pike (1967) in analogy with phonetics and phonemics.
John W. Berry, Seger M. Breugelmans, Ype H. Poortinga, 2011
2
Handbook of Research Methods in Personality Psychology
(i.e., cultural values as mediators of the relationship between personality traits and well-being).2 Results from this study supported the first model (personality as a mediator between cultural values and well-being). Emic versus Etic Debate A ...
Richard W. Robins, R. Chris Fraley, Robert F. Krueger, 2009
3
Linguistic Anthropology
6.3.2 Emic and etic in anthropology When a sound difference between two words produces a meaning difference, linguists say that there is a phonemic difference between the two words. When a sound difference between two words does not ...
Alessandro Duranti, 1997
4
A History of Anthropological Theory
by maintaining two pairs of cross—cutting epistemological criteria: mental versus behavioural domains and emic versus etic domains. The mental domain is what people thinle; the behavioural domain, what people do. The emic domain ...
Paul A. Erickson, Liam Donat Murphy, 2013
5
Mule in Action
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
David Dossot, John D'Emic, Victor Romero, 2014
6
Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public's Health
For example, a Philippine elderly mother and family believe that when the grandmother gets old, she should not live in a nursing home. Instead, they hold the emic view that the sons, daughters, and grandchildren should care for their elders.
Karen Saucier Lundy, Sharyn Janes, 2009
7
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Yet the emic criteria he identified are distinctions which are not named or even consciously employed by the Hanunoo themselves. They are only implicit in indigenous usage. As this example shows, an emic model is not necessarily a model ...
Dr Alan Barnard, Jonathan Spencer, 2002
8
Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, ...
MIC/ETIC A conceptual framework that distinguishes between two strategies used to categorize human behavior: emic, often referred to as native, ethnic, internal, or insider point of view in relation to a specific cultural system, and etic, ...
Thomas A. Green, 1997
9
Caring for Patients from Different Cultures
Emic and Etic The terms "emic" and "etic," derived from linguistics and rarely used in ordinary life, are extremely important in anthropology. They refer to perspectives. Emic perspectives are the insiders' perspectives, natives' views of their own ...
Geri-Ann Galanti, 2008
10
Environmental Science Theory: Concepts and Methods in a ...
research is ETIC when it observes, but turns into EMIC, by definition, when viewed from the outside. After having defined the emic/etic dichotomy as 'of the actors' versus 'scientific' it is only a small step further to make the dichotomy denote 'in ...
W.T. de Groot, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How much might a society spend on life-saving interventions at …
ObjectiveWe aimed to estimate the maximum intervention cost (EMIC) a society could invest in a life-saving intervention at different ages while ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
2
Jean-Michel Jarre and M83 Release 'Glory' Video
The track was originally recorded for Google Play documentary EMIC which was also used in the promotion of 2014 film Interstellar. The video was directed by ... «antiMUSIC.com, Jul 15»
3
St. Patrick Catholic Academy Honors Class of 2015
“Graduation is a perfect opportunity to remind us that dreams do come true,” Principal Andrea D'Emic said. “Parents have hopes and dreams for ... «Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jun 15»
4
Al Rubayan wins in France after Carella is disqualified
Cedric Deguisne in the Team Maverick boat was eighth after qualifying 13th and newcomer Christophe Larigot of the EMIC Team finished one ... «BYM News, Jun 15»
5
Transhumanism: The future of Revolutionary Flags and Movement …
Essentially, fetishism is the emic attribution of inherent value or powers to an object. - Wikipedia · Austin Cline of atheism.about.com/ writes:. «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
6
New York City Agrees To Pay Man $6.5 Million Who Was Wrongfully …
... alibi facts that place Fleming in Florida at the time of the murder,” Judge Matthew D'Emic decided to make Fleming a free man in April, 2014. «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
7
Calls Mount for Changes to Speed Criminal Cases to Trial
To reach agreements on the old cases, Justice Matthew J. D'Emic, the administrative judge in Brooklyn, said he had been demanding that the ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
Multiple Dualities
Finally, it highlights the inevitable contrast between the emic way the photographic subjects understand themselves and the etic interpretations ... «The Korea Observer, Jun 15»
9
Scientists Can't Agree If Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded or Cold …
... the team came to the conclusion that dinosarus were mesotherms - a conclusion disagreed with by Michael D'Emic, the author of a new study ... «Gizmodo India, Jun 15»
10
F1H2O World Championship Grand Prix of France - Evian
He will be joining the newly named EMIC Team out of Abu Dhabi, racing along teammate Marit Stromoy of Norway. Larigot, has many good ... «BYM News, Jun 15»

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