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indexicality

noun

Etymology

From indexical + -ity.

  1. derived from index — “a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription”
  2. suffixed as indexical — “index + ical”
  3. suffixed as indexicality — “indexical + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being indexical.

    • The theories of Kripke ( 1980 ), Soames ( 2003 ), and the proposal of Devitt and Sterelny, among others, take a stand on how the indexicality of natural kind terms is implemented.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for indexicality. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA