Search Result for "phatic_communication":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information;
[syn: phatic speech, phatic communication]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

phatic communication
    n 1: conversational speech used to communicate sociability more
         than information [syn: phatic speech, phatic
         communication]