deictic
[ dahyk-tik ]
/ ˈdaɪk tɪk /
adjective
Logic. proving directly.
Grammar. specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of one or more of the participants in an act of speech or writing, in the context of either an external situation or the surrounding discourse, as we, you, here, there, now, then, this, that, the former, or the latter.
noun
Grammar. a deictic element.
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Nearby words
- dei gratia,
- deianira,
- deice,
- deicer,
- deicide,
- deid,
- deif,
- deific,
- deification,
- deiform
Origin of deictic
1820–30; < Greek deiktikós demonstrative, equivalent to deikt(ós) able to be proved, verbal adjective of deiknýnai to show, prove, point + -ikos -ic
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deictic
/ (ˈdaɪktɪk) /
adjective
noun
another word for indexical (def. 2)
Word Origin for deictic
C17: from Greek deiktikos concerning proof, from deiknunai to show
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deictic
1828, from Latinized form of Greek deiktikos "able to show," from deiktos "shown," verbal adjective from deiknynai "to show" (see diction).
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