HyperDic: phatic_speech

English > 1 sense of the expression phatic speech:
NOUNcommunicationphatic speech, phatic communicationconversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information
English > phatic speech: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningconversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information.
Synonymphatic communication
BroaderconversationThe use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
Spanishplática
Catalanenraonament

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