hypernormal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In excess of the normal; above the normal.
adj
Characterized by, or pertaining to, a personality disposition in which an individual exerts considerable effort to present themselves as socially normative to others.
adj
Of an accelerated version of reality where the outlook is bleak, but there is no ability to change course.
adj
A matrix M is hypernormal if, given any n by n diagonal matrix G with entries of 1 or -1, MᵀGM = G.
Example Sentences
- "The film is liberal and nonjudgemental and will annoy Moral Majority viewers as much as Taxi zum Klo. One of the intentions of this film seems to be to make us hypernormal—with a quiet vengeance that should win the NGTF seal of approval."
- "The responsible-hypernormal personality is noted by efforts to maintain the appearance of personal integrity, self-sacrifice, and concern for others. Variants of this type strive excessively to achieve an inner ideal of proper and conventional behaviour […]"