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phaticity

phaticity noun: the quality of being phatic.

Noun

phaticity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being phatic.
    • It is clear, however, that while politeness manifests itself on both the communicative and non-communicative levels, phaticity is found only on the former level.2003, Gil Richard Musolf, Structure and Agency in Everyday Life, page 144
    Synonyms:
    phaticness

Synonyms of phaticity

Origin of phaticity

From phatic + -ity.

Questions about phaticity

What does phaticity mean?
Phaticity means the quality of being phatic.
What part of speech is phaticity?
Phaticity is a noun.

Words near phaticity in the dictionary

  1. phataka
  2. phatakas
  3. phatic
  4. phatic communion
  5. phatically
  6. phaticity
  7. phaticness
  8. Phatmetic
  9. phatness
  10. Phatnic
  11. Phatnitic

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