hyperreality 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 Latin reālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin reālitāslbor. French réalitéder. English reality English hyperreality From hyper- + reality.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state or condition of being hyperreal.
What Tarantino captured was something that was accelerating across all popular culture: not reality, but a kind of hyperreality, where the secondary meaning always mattered more than the first.
2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
- (countable, uncountable) The inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures.
- (countable, uncountable) Hyperrealism.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hyperrealities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (1)
pl hiperrzeczywistość (philosophical concept)