Phaticity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being phatic. uncountable

    "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."

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phaticness

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"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."

Etymology

From phatic + -ity.

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