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deictic

[ dahyk-tik ]

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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.

deictic

/ ˈdaɪktɪk /

adjective

See elenctic
logic proving by direct argument Compare elenctic

noun

See indexical
another word for indexical

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Derived Forms

ˈdeictically, adverb

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Other Words From

deicti·cal·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deictic¹

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of deictic¹

C17: from Greek deiktikos concerning proof, from deiknunai to show

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