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Definitions: Deictic |
DeicticAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic of a word whose reference depends on the circumstances of its use; "deictic pronouns". Noun1. A word specifying identity or spacial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs: "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Deictic \Deic"tic\, adjective. [from Greek expression deiktiko`s serving to show or point out, from deikny`nai to show.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: DeicticSynonym: deictic word (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Deictic |
| English words defined with "deictic": deictic word ♦ Elenctical ♦ indirect discourse. (references) |
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| "Deictic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Deictic" is used about 204 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 204 | 21,327 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deictic": deictic reference ♦ deictic word. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "deictic": discourse-deictic, non-deictic, place-deictic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deictic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مستقیمااستدلال کننده , بطورمستقیم نشان دهنده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | deixis (deictic reference, deictic word, deixis), déictique (deictic reference, deictic word, deixis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Deixis (deictic reference, deictic word, deixis, exophoric word). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eicticday непосредственно доказывающий. (various references) deixis (deictic reference, deictic word, deixis, exophoric word). (various references) chỉ định. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "deictic": apodeictic. (additional references) | |
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"Deictic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dectic, Decticus, deitic, deontic, diactic, diectic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "deictic" (pronounced 'Deic"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Analeptic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic, Aplastic, Apocrustic, Apolaustic, Apopemptic, Archaistic, Argentic, Arrhaphostic, Asbestic, Aseptic, Aspartic, Asphaltic, Asphyctic, Astromantic, Atlantic, Atomistic, Autoclastic, Autoplastic, Bacchantic, Ballistic, Baltic, Baptistic, Bibliopegistic, Bibliopolistic, Bicrescentic, Brachycatalectic, Buddhistic, Bullantic, Cameralistic, Canonistic, Catacoustic, Catalectic, Cataleptic, Catapeltic, Cataphractic, Catastaltic, Cato-cathartic, Centrostaltic, Ceroplastic, Cetic, Chloropeptic, Choristic, Cisatlantic, Citharistic, Clastic, Climactic, Communalistic, Communistic, Coptic, Corybantic, Cosmoplastic, Crescentic, Cretic, Curialistic, Deltic, Deutoplastic, Diacoustic, Dichastic, Dioristic, Diploblastic, Discoblastic, Docimastic, Dokimastic, Donatistic, Dracontic, Drastic, Dynastic, Dyslogistic, Ecphractic, Ectoplastic, Electic, Electro-ballistic, Elohistic, Embryoplastic, Emeto-cathartic, Empaistic, Emphractic, Emphyteutic, Empiristic, Endeictic, Endoblastic, Entastic, Entheastic, Entoplastic, Entoptic, Epiblastic, Epicerastic, Epideictic, Epiglottic, Epilogistic, Epinastic, Epiotic, Erethistic, Esemplastic, Eteostic, Euhemeristic, Eupeptic, Euphuistic, Eutectic, Evangelistic, Externalistic, Fatalistic, Fibrinoplastic, Formularistic, frantic, Fustic, galactic, Galvanocaustic, Galvanoplastic, Gelastic, Gestic, Gigantic, Glossoepiglottic, Glyptic, Gymnoblastic, Haematoplastic, Haemoplastic, Hebraistic, hedonistic, Helvetic, Hepatocystic, Heteroplastic, heuristic, Hierophantic, Holoblastic, Holocryptic, Holophrastic, Homoplastic, Hudibrastic, humanistic, Humoristic, Hydromantic, hypercatalectic, Hyperplastic, Hypoblastic, Hypocoristic, Hyponastic, Iatraliptic, iconoclastic, ictic, idealistic, Illuministic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, Isopiestic, Jehovistic, journalistic, Judaistic, lactic, Lamaistic, Latinistic, Lettic, liberalistic, Lithontriptic, Lithotriptic, Locustic, Lustic, majestic, mantic, mastic, Mastodontic, Melanistic, Meloplastic, Meroblastic, Meroistic, mesoblastic, Metaleptic, Metapectic, Micracoustic, monistic, monocystic, Monogenistic, Monogoneutic, Monoplastic, monopolistic, monotheistic, Myristic, Nativistic, Naturalistic, Nautic, Nearctic, Neoplastic, Neo-Scholastic, Nihilistic, Nominalistic, Nonelastic, Nympholeptic, Octic, Onomastic, Optimistic, Orectic, Organoleptic, Organoplastic, Orgiastic, Orthoclastic, Osteoplastic, Ostic, Otic, oxyacetic, Oxyntic, Palearctic, Paleocrystic, Pancratiastic, Panoistic, Parablastic, Paracmastic, Paracrostic, Paralactic, Parallelistic, Paratactic, Pectic, Pederastic, Peirastic, Pentacrostic, Pepastic, Periotic, Peristaltic, Philanthropistic, Phlogistic, Phonocamptic, Photic, Phrentic, Phyllotactic, Pistic, Plastic, Polaristic, Polyacoustic, Polygoneutic, Polyplastic, Pontic, Pornerastic, Postic, Practic, Preaortic, Prenostic, Procatarctic, Prootic, Proplastic, Protactic, Protoplastic, Pseudo-romantic, Pterotic, Pugilistic, Pyroacetic, Pyrognostic, Quantic, Quietistic, Quintic, realistic, revivalistic, Rhaetic, Rhetic, Rhinoplastic, ritualistic, romantic, Saccholactic, Sans-culottic, Sarcolactic, Scelestic, Scholiastic, Sciolistic, Scioptic, Sensualistic, Separatistic, Sextic, simplistic, skeptic, Solecistic, Somnambulistic, spastic, spiritualistic, Spodomantic, Stegnotic, stochastic, Stomatoplastic, Strontic, stylistic, subarctic, Subepiglottic, Subglottic, supernaturalistic, Sustaltic, Symplectic, Synchronistic, Synclastic, syncretistic, synergistic, Syrtic, Systaltic, Talmudistic, Telestic, Terpentic, Tetraschistic, Theochristic, Theopneustic, Thermosystaltic, Thermotactic, Thigmotactic, Toreutic, transatlantic, Triploblastic, Tryptic, unartistic, Unelastic, Unionistic, universalistic, Vedantic, Vitalistic, Vitre-o-electic, Xyloplastic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-i-i-t" | |
-1 letter: citied. | |
-2 letters: cited, edict, ictic, teiid. | |
-3 letters: cedi, cite, dice, diet, dite, edit, etic, iced, tide, tied. | |
-4 letters: die, dit, ice, ted, tic, tie. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, et, id, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-i-i-t" | |
+1 letter: cricetid. | |
+2 letters: circuited, cricetids, dialectic, dicentric. | |
+3 letters: apodeictic, caducities, cicatrized, coincident, criticised, criticized, dialectics, dicentrics, dielectric, directrice. | |
+4 letters: accrediting, acidimetric, bactericide, codirecting, codirection, conciliated, crocidolite, desiccating, desiccation, desiccative, dialectical, dielectrics, directrices, insecticide. | |
+5 letters: acclimatised, acclimatized, antiacademic, bactericidal, bactericides, catholicized, certificated, codirections, coincidental, coincidently, cosmeticized, crocidolites, cysticercoid, desiccations, dialectician, flaccidities, insecticidal, insecticides, recidivistic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 69 63 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .. -.-. - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e i c t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0069 0063 0074 0069 0063 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717569867569 |
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