hyperreal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal.
adj
Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot be produced by repeatedly adding 1; hence infinite.
adj
Having the appearance of hyperrealism.
noun
Example Sentences
- "There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice."
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 English hyperreal From hyper- + real.