| 单词 | phatic |
| 释义 | phatic /fat"ik/, adj. denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than to impart information: phatic communion. [1923; prob. < Gk phat(ós) spoken, capable of being spoken (verbid of phánai to speak; cf. PROPHET) + -IC; coined (in phrase phatic communion) by Bronislaw Malinowski] |
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