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indexical

/ ɪˈɛɪə /

adjective

  1. arranged as or relating to an index or indexes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. Alsodeictic logic linguistics a term whose reference depends on the context of utterance, such as I, you, here, now, or tomorrow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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“It’s a bold move for an indexical museum at a university to do something like this, because it’s touching into contemporary art practice,” Mr. Biggers said.

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So these glimpses of color are both metaphors for things in life and small indexical signs of how Scully creates those illusions.

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These different definitions are often referred to as "indexical" because different contexts indicate, or index, different meanings.

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It has the breathtaking presence and indexical power of a burial shroud.

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The clothes of the sitters invariably become indexical, but what is omitted is equally revealing.

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