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PHATIC COMMUNICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phatic communication mean?
• PHATIC COMMUNICATION (noun)
The noun PHATIC COMMUNICATION has 1 sense:
1. conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
Familiarity information: PHATIC COMMUNICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
phatic communication; phatic speech
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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