[1945–50; ‹ Gk deîxis lit., proof, display, equiv. to deik(nýnai) to show, prove, point + -sis-sis]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fail-safe, on-line, poison pill, spin-off, synchronized swimming
Examples of 'deixis' in a sentence
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But other readings are extremely tendentious, and deixis is often a movable feast providing ready-prepared answers.