Definition of "indexical" [in•dex•ic•al]

• Of or having the function of an index. (adjective)
• Linguistics Deictic. (adjective)
• A deictic word or element. (noun)

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• "Because of course, while fake documentaries are largely scripted, staged, and performed, as is true for all of contemporary "reality" programming, there is also, always, a tiny bit or residue or trace of the actual person, place, or conversation what semioticians call the indexical also caught in every single faked frame."
• "Moreover, Peirce handled the notion of indexical reference under the heading of speculative grammar and not under the heading of speculative rhetoric, whereas the topic certainly belongs to Morris's pragmatics."
• "The referent of the utterance of the indexical is the referent of the relevant definite description."