Words to Describe phatic

Things phatic often describes ("phatic ________")

• code
• duct
• vessels
• utterances
• language
• devices
• affirmation
• communions
• success
• communication
• channels
• lover
• bonding
• function
• contact
• speech
• image
• use
• remarks
• communion
• token
• element
• acts
• tokens
• testimony
• communications
• obstruction
• dimension
• particle
• gesture
• messages
• metalinguistic
• utterance
• spread
• talk
• phrases
• act
• initiation
• mode
• elements
• interjections
• functions
• images
• expression
• markers
• community
• connectives
• system
• device
• discourse
• glands
• conversation
• exchanges
• signals
• drainage
• tissue
• expressions
• exchange