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deictic

deic·tic [ dktik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
depending on context for meaning: describes a word or expression such as "you," "this," "now," and "there" that depends for its full meaning on the context in which it is used

[Early 19th century. < Greek deiktikos< deiknunai "to show"]

deic·ti·cal·ly adverb
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