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Parasocial is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year
Hindustan Times Ludhiana
|November 19, 2025
After Collins Dictionary selected 'vibe coding' as its word of the year and Dictionary.com chose '6-7,' Cambridge Dictionary has announced its own 2025 word of the year: 'parasocial.'
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The term parasocial describes a modern, one-sided relationship where someone feels close to a public figure or personality they've never actually met. This often happens through screens—TV, social media, YouTube, podcasts—where fans invest time, emotion, and attention, f
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