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Noun: indirect discourse
  1. A report of a discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately (e.g. "he said 'I am a fool'" would be modified to "he said he is a fool")

Derived forms: indirect discourses

Type of: account, report

Antonym: direct discourse

Encyclopedia: Indirect discourse