deictic
🇺🇸
/ˈdaɪktɪk/
🇬🇧
/ˈdaɪktɪk/
adjective
R
A word that means something different based on who is speaking, where they are, or who they are talking to.
In the sentence 'I will meet you there tomorrow', 'I', 'you', 'there', and 'tomorrow' are all deictic words.
translation
A word that means something different based on who is speaking, where they are, or who they are talking to.