ALL meanings of phatic
phat·ic
P p - adjective phatic denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information: phatic communion. 2
- adjective phatic (of speech, esp of conversational phrases) used to establish social contact and to express sociability rather than specific meaning 0
- adjective phatic of, constituting, or given to formulistic talk or meaningless sounds that are used merely to establish social contact rather than to communicate ideas 0