phatic
Meaning of phatic
adjective
Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship, e.g., polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "How are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting. (Similarly, a response such as "Fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting.)
Information about phatic
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of phatic
phatic
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- phatic is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Anagrams of phatic
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