Parasocial (adj)
Pa-ra-so-shal
Of or relating to the connection or imagined connection between a regular person and a fictional character, celebrity, or other public figure
First recorded in 1960–65
Example sentences
“I prefer literary characters to real ones, you could call me a paraosocial being!”
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