Translation of "phatic" into Finnish

faattinen is the translation of "phatic" into Finnish.

phatic adjective grammar

(linguistics) 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.) [..]

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  • faattinen

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    more polite than meaningful [..]

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