The Cambridge Dictionary’s “word of the year” — parasocial — doesn’t merely stand in for the one-sided bonds forged with celebrities, “content” creators and influencers through their social-media presence. It captures the strange comfort of relationships in which reciprocity is optional and intimacy outsourced; where the emotional upheavals in the lives of distant stars — engagements, breakups, marriages, burnouts — feel more relatable than........

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