deixis

/หˆdaษชksษชs/

IPA: /D IY1 K S IH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    The use of a word, such as a pronoun, to refer to something that must be identified from the wider context; a word used in such a way.

    โ€œDeixis allows for economy of speech but introduces ambiguity when that speech is recorded.โ€

    syn:indexicality
    ant:homophora

Synonyms

indexicality

Antonyms

homophora

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deixis

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