Parasociality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Parasociality is a noun meaning The quality or condition of being parasocial.
Meaning
The quality or condition of being parasocial.
More Meanings
- (sociobiology) The exhibition of behaviour that is communal, quasisocial or semisocial.
Example Sentences
Much has been written about the perverse parasociality of fandom, the blurring line between public displays of devotion and invasions of privacy.
The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).^([Wikipedia])
Podcasts, on the other hand, are built on parasociality: Michael Barbaro isn’t your friend, but, after making coffee with him in your ear a hundred times, you start to feel as if he were. And then there’s the world of always-on streaming, in which the temptations of parasociality are even more acute.)
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parasiticalness, paraspecificity, semiparasitism, hypersociality, paranoidness, sociality.
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