deictic

[ dahyk-tik ]
/ ˈdaɪk tɪk /

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.

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

Words nearby deictic

dei gratia, deianira, deice, deicer, deicide, deictic, deid, deif, deific, deification, deiform

British Dictionary definitions for deictics

deictic
/ (ˈdaɪktɪk) /

adjective

logic proving by direct argument Compare elenctic

noun

another word for indexical (def. 2)

Derived forms of deictic

deictically, adverb

Word Origin for deictic

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