Meaning
1 sensesA phatic utterance.
Examples
1 sentencesA greeting is a type of phatic expression.
Origin
From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic.From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic.
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