Look up: deictic

1. deictic
   [adj] - relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use 2. [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
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2. Deictic
   Deic'tic adjective [ Greek deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, from deikny`nai to show.] (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/26
   
   
3. deictic
   adjective relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; `deictic pronouns`
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4. deictic
   deictic word noun 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 partic...
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5. Deictic
   • (a.) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
6. deictic
   words that point to particulars, as names and pronouns do for individual places and persons (such as Edwin Arlington Robinson's 'Miniver Cheevy' and 'Richard Cory'), and demonstrative-adjective-noun combinations (such as Benjamin Franklin King's 'Here's that ten dollars that I owe' in 'If I Should Die To-night') do for things.
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