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Definitions for Deictic
[1] Logic . proving directly.
[2] 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.
[3] Grammar . a deictic element.
[4] logic proving by direct argument Compare elenctic
[5] another word for indexical (def. 2)
Words related to Deictic
professed, ostensible, ostensive
Words nearby Deictic
dei gratia, deianira, deice, deicer, deicide, deictic, 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
Other words from Deictic
deic·ti·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Deictic
C17: from Greek deiktikos concerning proof, from deiknunai to show