Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship e.g polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, ""How are you?"" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting. (Similarly, a response such as ""Fine"" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting.)
PHATIC is a
6
letter word starting with
P
and ending with
C
Definitions & Synonyms
adjective -
Phatic refers to communication used to establish social contact rather than to exchange information or ideas.