Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperreality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-re-al-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being hyperreal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyperrealities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hyperrealist

Questions

What does hyperreality mean?: The state or condition of being hyperreal.
Where does hyperreality come from?: 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.

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