Cambridge Dictionary chooses 'Parasocial'
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The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series,
The Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year is ‘parasocial’, which describes the one-sided connection that people feel with someone they do not know. Today, social media users have developed parasocial relationships with celebrities,