phat·ic (f t  k)adj. Of, relating to, or being speech used to share feelings or to establish a mood of sociability rather than to communicate information or ideas. [From Greek phatos, spoken, from phanai, to speak; see -phasia.] phat i·cal·ly adv. |
phatic [ˈfætɪk]
adj
(Linguistics) (of speech, esp of conversational phrases) used to establish social contact and to express sociability rather than specific meaning
[from Greek phat(os) spoken + -ic]
Translations
phatic
adj (liter) → phatisch
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