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parasocial adjective uk /ˌpær.əˈsəʊ.ʃəl/ us /ˌper.əˈsoʊ.ʃəl/ 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: parasocial relationshipPsychologists have long known that people can engage in parasocial relationships with fictional characters. For many fans it is the strong parasocial association with the star which acts as the incentive to seek out like-minded people. She has many virtual admirers that have a parasocial relationship with her. Their relationship with audiences depended on relations both social and parasocial, according to the status of their fans. The concept of parasocial interaction is often used to account for the phenomenon of star cult. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Relationships: general words affiliative bromance close bond close friend communion establish interfamily interpersonal interpersonally intimate intimately involved privity re-establish reconnect reconnection relation tie unromantic well connected |