familiar stranger
nounEtymology
Coined by American social psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1972.
Definitions
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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