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hyperrealist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist English hyperrealist From hyper- + realist.

Meanings

1. An artist of the school of hyperrealism.
   • I find that I'm not a hyperrealist. I have to laugh, because Dali also told me I wasn't one, but rather ‘hypermetaphysical’… 1999, T. Raspail, Jean Olivier Hucleux, 1971–1999, Lyon: Skira, →ISBN, page 277:
2. One who subscribes to the idea of hyperreality.
3. (literally) An extreme realist.
   • Dalio describes himself as a "hyperrealist," in the sense that he is driven to understand the processes that govern the way the world really works, without bringing subjective value judgments into the equation. 2009 March 19, Brian O'Keefe, “Inside the world's biggest hedge fund”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023:

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