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phatic
[ fat-ik ]
adjective
- denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information:
phatic communion.
phatic
/ ˈfætɪk /
adjective
- (of speech, esp of conversational phrases) used to establish social contact and to express sociability rather than specific meaning
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of phatic1
C20: from Greek phat ( os ) spoken + -ic
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