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PRONUNCIATION OF INDEXICAL

indexical  [ɪnˈdɛksɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDEXICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indexical can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INDEXICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indexicality

In linguistics and in philosophy of language, an indexical behavior or utterance points to some state of affairs. For example, I refers to whoever is speaking; now refers to the time at which that word is uttered; and here refers to the place of utterance. For Charles Sanders Peirce, indexicality is one of three sign modalities, and is a phenomenon far broader than language; that which, independently of interpretation, points to something — such as smoke or a pointing finger — works indexically for interpretation. Social indexicality in the human realm has been regarded as including any sign that points to, and helps create, social identity.

Definition of indexical in the English dictionary

The definition of indexical in the dictionary is arranged as or relating to an index or indexes. Other definition of indexical is Also: deictic a term whose reference depends on the context of utterance, such as I, you, here, now, or tomorrow.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDEXICAL


bicycle
ˈbaɪsɪkəl
classical
ˈklæsɪkəl
commonsensical
ˌkɒmənˈsensɪkəl
farcical
ˈfɑːsɪkəl
fascicle
ˈfæsɪkəl
icicle
ˈaɪsɪkəl
lexical
ˈlɛksɪkəl
neoclassical
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪkəl
nonclassical
ˌnɒnˈklæsɪkəl
nonlexical
ˌnɒnˈlɛksɪkəl
nonsensical
nɒnˈsensɪkəl
paradoxical
ˌpærəˈdɒksɪkəl
Popsicle
ˈpɒpsɪkəl
prelexical
priːˈlɛksɪkəl
semiclassical
ˌsɛmɪˈklæsɪkəl
sickle
ˈsɪkəl
toxical
ˈtɒksɪkəl
tricycle
ˈtraɪsɪkəl
vesical
ˈvɛsɪkəl
vesicle
ˈvɛsɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDEXICAL

index finger
index fossil
index futures
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
index number
Index of Industrial Production
index of refraction
index-linked
index-linking
index-tied
index-tracking fund
indexable
indexal
indexation
indexed
indexer
indexing head
indexless
indexterity
indextrous

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDEXICAL

biological
chemical
clinical
critical
electrical
grammatical
historical
magical
mechanical
medical
musical
optical
physical
political
practical
statistical
technical
tropical
typical
vertical

Synonyms and antonyms of indexical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «indexical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDEXICAL

Find out the translation of indexical to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indexical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indexical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

索引的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indicial
570 millions of speakers

English

indexical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

indexical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

indexical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

индексальные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indicial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

indexical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indicielle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Indeks
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

indexikalischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

指標詞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지표 적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Indeks
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

indexical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

indexical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुक्रमित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

indexical
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indicale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indeksowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

индексального
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indiciale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεικτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indexical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indexikal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indeksikalske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indexical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEXICAL»

The term «indexical» is normally little used and occupies the 109.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDEXICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indexical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indexical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indexical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDEXICAL»

Discover the use of indexical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indexical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Indexical Elegies
From its Post-Prairie pamphleteering and Montreal musings to its moving elegies, this is provocative poetry that never loses touch with the reader's pleasure.Praise for Fiorentino's The Theory of the Loser Class:'Fiorentino is smart and ...
Jon Paul Fiorentino, 2006
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The Problem of the Essential Indexical : and Other Essays: ...
A collection of twelve essays by John Perry and two essays he co-authored, this book deals with various problems related to "self-locating beliefs": the sorts of beliefs one expresses with indexicals and demonstratives, like "I" and "this.
Department of Philosophy Stanford University John Perry Chair, 1992
3
Photography: A Critical Introduction
The force of the indexical image We dealt earlier with the over-played idea that realism is more a property of some kinds of photograph than of (some kinds) of digital image, an idea that was at the centre of many early estimations of their ...
Liz Wells, 2004
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The Subjective View: Secondary Qualities and Indexical Thoughts
This book investigates subjective and objective representations of the world. Analogies between secondary qualities and indexical thoughts are developed, and subjective representations are argued to be ineliminable.
Colin McGinn, 1983
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The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical ...
On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person Herman Cappelen, Josh Dever. Here is Ruth Millikan describing what she took to be a widely endorsed view about agents' ability to “project knowledge of the world into  ...
Herman Cappelen, Josh Dever, 2013
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Theory of the Image: Capitalism, Contemporary Film, and Women
the Object." That is, the object controlled the relationship between the object and the indexical image by infusing the indexical image with qualities of the object itself. This was what made the indexical sign natural, and not cultural, for Peirce.
Ann Kibbey, 2005
7
Self-reference and Self-awareness
It is needed to account for certain peculiarities of what is called indexical knowledge as well as the relation between such knowledge and non-indexical knowledge, action and perception. The notion of indexical knowledge arises from the ...
Andrew Brook, Richard C. DeVidi, 2001
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Representing Reality: Issues and Concepts in Documentary
But the primary importance of this indexical quality to the photographic image ( and magnetic sound recording) is less in the unassailable authenticity of the bond between image and referent than in the impression of authenticity it conveys to a ...
Bill Nichols, 1991
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The Return of the Real: The Avant-garde at the End of the ...
indexical, Krauss notes, had occurred long ago with Duchamp, who confronted in cubism the arbitrariness of the sign: "It was as if cubism forced for Duchamp the issue of whether pictorial language could continue to signify directly, could ...
Hal Foster, 1996
10
Singular Reference: A Descriptivist Perspective: A ...
The property of being a here, or |here|, occurring as constituent in (1a) and (1b), might be called an indexical property. Similarly there are, according to CD, other indexical properties, such as being an I, a this, a that, a now, etc., which are ...
Francesco Orilia, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDEXICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indexical is used in the context of the following news items.
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"En Pointe" by Heather Roberge strikes a balance between past and …
... imaginary – like, for example, with last year's Venice Biennale curated by Rem Koolhaas, which took an indexical look at the history of the profession. «Archinect, Jul 15»
2
TAKING IT PERSONALLY Comments on Isabelle Graw's Concept of …
For this indexical effect to occur, the artist does not need to have literally set her hand on the picture, or to have brandished a brush, or to have ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
3
The Art Historian According to Artists
The portraits assembled do not adhere to biographical history unfolded in the realm of indexical representation—their disparateness witness to ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
4
At Presentation House Gallery, portrait series opens up poignant …
... elderly man and woman, seated outdoors on wooden chairs and wearing plain, dark, conservative clothes, embodies an indexical approach ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
5
Photos: City Lights Emulate Starry Skies in 'Stray Light'
“I realized that the camera could be used as a tool to manipulate and construct as much as it could be used as an indexical tool,” she said. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
6
What You See When You See: Anish Kapoor- What you see isn't …
The energy of this void which Buddhists describe as shunyata cannot be paraphrased - it can only be approached through the indexical ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jun 15»
7
The Artist As Social Entrepreneur
... its representation in the art world, market sexism, the indexical object, and struggles within the movement itself. In the end, we pulled off what ... «Pulse, Jun 15»
8
6 Filmmaking Tips from Stan Winston
But during the heyday of practical, indexical special effects, Stan Winston proved to be one of Hollywood's most consequential talents, with ... «Film School Rejects, Jun 15»
9
Both smoke AND mirrors: Photography of Rose Marasco
Photography certainly has indexical qualities – the capturing of light reflecting off an object. But to a large extent, photography is iconic – it is a ... «Press Herald, May 15»
10
'The Familiar,' by Mark Z. Danielewski
He continues to play with typography, but it is less radical and more indexical than in “House of Leaves.” That first novel stacked up every ... «New York Times, May 15»

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