phaticity

noun

phaticity

noun

Etymology From phatic + -ity.

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:

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