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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδεῖξις“pointing, indicating, reference”
- English todaydeixis
From Ancient Greek δεῖξις (deîxis, “pointing, indicating, reference”), from δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “I show”).
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deixis
Today it means: The use of a word, such as a particle or pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the immediate physical, temporal, or grammatical context; a word used in such a way. Full definition →
Ancient Greek δεῖξις