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    PHATIC COMMUNICATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than informationplay

    Synonyms:

    phatic communication; phatic speech

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("phatic communication" is a kind of...):

    conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

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