Cambridge Dictionary has named 'Parasocial' as its Word of the Year.
The British dictionary of English language defines the adjective as "involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc., or an artificial intelligence."
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