noun🔗ShareDeixisThe 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."Deixis allows for economy of speech but introduces ambiguity when that speech is recorded."La deixis permite la economía del habla, pero introduce ambigüedad cuando ese habla se registra.linguisticsgrammarlanguagecommunicationwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading