"phatic" meaning in English

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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
          "word": "fàtic"
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          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
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          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
          "word": "faattinen"
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          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
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          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
          "word": "fatis"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
          "word": "fatyczny"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
          "word": "fático"
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          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
          "word": "fático"
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          "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "fàtic"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "fatisch"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "faattinen"
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    {
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      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "phatique"
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      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "fatis"
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      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
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      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "fático"
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      "sense": "more polite than meaningful",
      "word": "fático"
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