familiar stranger

noun

Etymology

Coined by American social psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1972.

Definitions

  1. A stranger who is nonetheless recognized by another from regularly sharing a common…

    A stranger who is nonetheless recognized by another from regularly sharing a common physical space such as a street or bus stop, but with whom one does not interact.

    • The familiar stranger is someone we meet every morning at the bus stop or at the campus, but we have never talked with.

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