側そく社しゃ会かい性せい

noun

parasocial

Rare technical term used in psychology and media studies to describe one-sided relationships, such as those with media figures or fictional characters.

• 側そく社しゃ会かい性せいの概がい念ねんは、視し聴ちょう者しゃとテレビの登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつとの一いっ方ぽう的てきな関かん係けいを説せつ明めいするために使つかわれる。

  The concept of parasociality is used to explain the one-sided relationship between viewers and TV characters.