Relating to or characterized by pointing out or indicating; demonstrative in a linguistic sense.
From Greek deiktikos 'able to show or prove,' from deiknynai 'to show.' Used in linguistics to describe words that point to or indicate things (like 'this' and 'that').
Linguists use 'dictic' to describe words called 'deictics'—these are words whose meaning depends on context, like 'here' and 'there,' which only make sense when you know where the speaker is!
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