deictic
adjective/ˈdaɪktɪk/, /ˈdeɪktɪk/
/ˈdaɪktɪk/, /ˈdeɪktɪk/
(linguistics)- relating to a word or an expression whose meaning depends on who says it, where they are, who they are talking to, etc., for example ‘you’, ‘me’, ‘here’, ‘next week’Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek deiktikos, deiktos ‘capable of proof’, from deiknunai ‘to show’.
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