鈥楶arasocial鈥� crowned Cambridge Dictionary word of 2025
Do you feel a deep bond with pop stars like Taylor Swift or Lily Allen 鈥� even though you鈥檝e never met them? If you do, then your behaviour is 鈥榩arasocial鈥� and bang on trend according to the Cambridge Dictionary, which on Tuesday unveiled the adjective as its word of the year for 2025. Lexicographers picked it in a year they said was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers and AI chatbots...
