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parasociality

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality or condition of being parasocial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The exhibition of behaviour that is communal, quasisocial or semisocial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: biology, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociobiology

Examples

  • The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).^([Wikipedia])

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History

Etymology

From para- + sociality.