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1. (adj.) deictic
specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of one or more of the participants in an act of speech or writing, as the words we, you, here, now, then, and
that.
2. (n.) deictic
a deictic word or phrase.
Etymology: (1820–30; < Gk deiktikós, demonstrative der. of deikt(ós) able to be proved)
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1. (adj) deictic, deictic word
a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs
"words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit
2. (adj) deictic
relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use
"deictic pronouns"
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1. (adj) deictic
direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative
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