"mediakin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mediakin [plural]
Etymology: From media + -kin. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|media|kin|id2=kind}} media + -kin Head templates: {{en-noun|mediakin}} mediakin (plural mediakin)
  1. Synonym of fictionkin. Categories (topical): Fandom, Otherkin, People Synonyms: fictionkin [synonym, synonym-of], fictionkin, otakukin [dated]
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          "text": "Simultaneously, the Otherkin highly proximate relationship to popular fictional narrative clearly locates such beliefs within the framework of hyper-real religiosity. This relationship becomes most apparent within the context of Otakukin and Mediakin, and related concepts such as soulbonding, but is nonetheless present within the broader community as well.",
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