etic
Adjective
Meaning
etic (comparative more etic, superlative most etic)
(social sciences, anthropology) Of or pertaining to analysis of a culture from a perspective situated outside all cultures.
Anagrams
Examples
From the viewpoint of Greek and Persian ancient observers, they were all lumped together under the etic category "Scythians".
This is an emic indistinction rather than an etic one.