phatic

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - +‎ -ic. Probably formally influenced by emphatic, which predates this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfætɪk/ Rhymes: -ætɪk === Adjective === phatic (comparative more phatic, superlative most phatic) (linguistics) Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Noun === phatic (plural phatics) (linguistics) A phatic utterance. ==== See also ==== === Anagrams === -pathic, haptic, pathic