parasociality

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English

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Etymology

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From para- +‎ sociality.

Noun

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parasociality (uncountable)

  1. The quality or condition of being parasocial.
    • 2023 July 18, Emmeline Clein, “A Celebrity Lesbian Romance Changed My Life. (Even if It Never Happened.)”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:
      Much has been written about the perverse parasociality of fandom, the blurring line between public displays of devotion and invasions of privacy.
  2. (sociobiology) The exhibition of behaviour that is communal, quasisocial or semisocial.
    The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).[Wikipedia]

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