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Syntactic expletive

word that contributes nothing to the semantic meaning of a sentence but performs a syntactic role (e.g. "it" in "it is raining")

Pronunciation
/sɪnˈtæktɪk ˈɛksplədɪv/
/sɪnˈtaktɪk ɛkˈspliːtɪv/