etic

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"Now, if you're still waxing ho-etic about your unplowed territory at 30 - and from the inside of your padded cell, of course - then, maybe, we'll take you seriously."

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  1. adjective Of or relating to features or items analyzed without considering their role as a structural unit in a system, as in behavioral science or linguistics.

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  • Go to www. etic.pt and find what you have born for —  Adland
  • "Now, if you're still waxing ho-etic about your unplowed territory at 30 - and from the inside of your padded cell, of course - then, maybe, we'll take you seriously." —  Best Week Ever
  • LOGONA History German Quality lC ura o 3 sm Nat yea0 Why German personal care products anyway? etic r of s Manufacturing personal care products and cosmetics using natural, herbal ingredients has LOGONA History Ex pe very deep roots in Germany. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Obviously this ain't real news to us and is something that I already know is innate and automatic when working with Black client's, but it's been a good resource to recommend to collegues that either have NO clue how to communicate and facilitate dialogue with African American individuals and their families or they have an "etic" point of view (they can apply the same counseling approaches to everybody regardless of their culture … smh).
  • The facetious subalterns called it "The Parapet-etic School." —  Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army
 

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