Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parasociality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paraso-cial-i-ty
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or condition of being parasocial.

Uncountable

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much has been written about the perverse parasociality of fandom, the blurring line between public displays of devotion and invasions of privacy."
"Podcasts, on the other hand, are built on parasociality: Michael Barbaro isn’t your friend, but, after making coffee with him in your ear a hundred times, you start to feel as if he were. And then there’s the world of always-on streaming, in which the temptations of parasociality are even more acute.)"
"The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).^([Wikipedia])"

Etymology

From para- + sociality.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: para-

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

eusociality sociality

Questions

What does parasociality mean?: The quality or condition of being parasocial.
Where does parasociality come from?: From para- + sociality.

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