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parasocial

adjective

  1. involving or relating to a connection between a person and someone they do not know personally, for example a famous person or a character in a book
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Wiktionary

adj

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

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

    a parasocial relationship

    Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl coined the term parasocial interaction in 1956 to describe the imaginary interactions between the audience and TV variety show hosts, noting the “seeming face-to-face relationship” that viewers developed […]