PHATIC COMMUNICATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information

Synonyms:

phatic communication; phatic speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("phatic communication" is a kind of...):

conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

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