Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phaticity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phatic-i-ty
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being phatic.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: phatic

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

phaticness

Questions

What does phaticity mean?: The quality of being phatic.
Where does phaticity come from?: From phatic + -ity.

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