familiar stranger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by American social psychologist Stanley Milgram in 1972.
Noun[edit]
familiar stranger (plural familiar strangers)
- (social psychology) A stranger who is nonetheless recognized by another from regularly sharing a common physical space such as a street or bus stop, but with whom one does not interact.
Further reading[edit]
- familiar stranger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia