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

Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated ...

Cambridge Dictionary has chosen “parasocial” as its 2025 word of the year. The winning word is defined as when someone feels ...

The term parasocial dates back to 1956, when two University of Chicago sociologists observed that television viewers engage in parasocial relationships with on-screen personalities ...