What does hyperobject mean?
Hyperobject means A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space..
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A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space..
We can see, for instance, that global warming has the properties of a hyperobject.
Every civilization that grows at the speed of reason must at some point face hyperobjects.
Use hyperobject when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyperobject means A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We can see, for instance, that global warming has the properties of a hyperobject.
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