Deictic

[daiktik]

Definition

(noun.) a word specifying identity or spatial 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.

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; 'deictic pronouns' .

Editor: Tracy--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.

Typist: Nora

Definition

adj. proving directly.—adv. Deic′tically.

Typed by Gus