OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 17891

phatic

/ˈfætɪk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
fático
Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
Some dialects of a language may use a certain term or phrase in a phatic way, even if other dialects don't.
You needn't be angry about the insincerity of shopkeepers' how-are-you greetings. Well-adjusted people understand that the question is phatic in the context and that that's usually…
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