phatic

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Definition of phatic in English English dictionary: 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.)
Dispensing with phatic chitchat, he began straightaway to tell the story of his “people.”.; (of language) used for general social interaction rather than to convey specific meaning, e.g. "Nice morning, isn't it?"; Pertaining to words used to convey polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "Youre welcome" is not used to convey its literal meaning but is said only as an automatic polite response to an expression of thanks
phatic speech: conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information

phatic

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pha·tic

() From Ancient Greek φατός (phatos, “spoken”) from φημί (phēmi, “I say”)

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