"We've entered an age where many people form unhealthy and intense parasocial relationships with influencers." ...

TV was the initial cause of the phenomenon, which has been expanded and intensified with the development of social media.

The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary 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 ...

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on "parasocial," used to describe a connection that ...

The romance between pop sensation Taylor Swift and NFL player Travis Kelce has been cemented into the lexicon, as it ...

Cambridge Dictionary was heavily inspired by the popstar and footballer's relationship fame and die-hard fans' reaction to ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 's love story is now influencing the dictionary. Cambridge Dictionary just announced its 2025 ...

Find out which word Cambridge Dictionary named as its Word of the Year 2025 and why it represents the mood of the world today ...

Cambridge Dictionary has announced its word of the year 2025, and it’s a far cry away from last year’s “manifest”. “Parasocial” has been selected as the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year, ...

Cambridge Dictionary has a new entrant, which is also the Word of the Year 2025 - Parasocial. It in essence means a lopsided ...

Cambridge Dictionary has named parasocial as the Word of the Year for 2025. The year was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers and ...