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Definition of: deictic
(dīk′tik) adjective
1. Logic Proving by direct argument; direct: distinguished from elenchic, refutative, or indirect.
2. Gram. Demonstrative: a deictic pronoun. [<Gk. deiktikos able to show <deiknynai show, prove]
—deic′ti·cal·ly adverb
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