emic
/ˈiːmɪk/
adjective
- Relating to the way people inside a culture understand their own behavior, rather than an outside observer's view.
- An emic perspective helps researchers understand why certain rituals are meaningful to a community.
- She took an emic approach by living with the tribe and learning their language.
- The anthropologist's emic analysis focused on how locals described their own traditions.
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