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 

• PHATIC COMMUNICATION (noun)

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.)