Definition of deictic
English to English adjective - relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use
Deictic pronouns.
source: WordNet 3.0 - Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
source: Webster 1913 noun - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
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deictic, deistic, didactics, dichastic, decastich, diacoustic, distich, docetic, diazeuctic, diacaustic, dacitic, ditheistic, diacoustics, dizygotic, diastatic, digitize, digitise, decatoic, diestock, diazotize
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