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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deictic \Deic"tic\, a. [Gr. deiktiko`s serving to show or point out fr deikny`nai to show.] (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to {elenchtic} or refutative From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deictic adj : relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use "deictic pronouns" n : a word specifying identity or spacial 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 [syn: {deictic word}]
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