phatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.

noun

/ˈfætɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phatic.wav

phatic more phatic most phatic phatics

From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic. Probably formally influenced by emphatic, which predates this term.

phaticity phaticness formulaic rhetorical formality formula platitude

nonphatic phatically phatic communion

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