- phatic communication
- nounconversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information• Syn: ↑phatic speech• Hypernyms: ↑conversation
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phatic — /ˈfætɪk/ (say fatik) adjective of speech used to make social contact, without necessarily conveying a particular meaning: phatic communication. {Greek phatos spoken + ic} …
phatic speech — noun conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information • Syn: ↑phatic communication • Hypernyms: ↑conversation … Useful english dictionary
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