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parasociality

noun

Etymology

From para- + sociality.

  1. borrowed from sociālitās
  2. borrowed from socialité
  3. prefixed as parasociality — “para- + sociality”

Definitions

  1. The quality or condition of being parasocial.

    • Much has been written about the perverse parasociality of fandom, the blurring line between public displays of devotion and invasions of privacy.

  2. The exhibition of behaviour that is communal, quasisocial or semisocial.

    • The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).^([Wikipedia])

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA