parasocial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. One-sided (especially of a relationship, as for example that between a celebrity and their audience or fans, whom they do not know).

Word forms

parasocial

Etymology

From para- + social, coined by American sociologist Richard Wohl and Donald Horton in 1956.

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