ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hyperrealism

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hyperrealism is a noun meaning A style in art that attempts to reproduce highly realistic graphic representations.

Meaning

A style in art that attempts to reproduce highly realistic graphic representations.

More Meanings

  1. (music) A compositional style defined by Noah Creshevsky as "an electroacoustic musical language constructed from sounds that are found in our shared environment (realism), handled in ways that are somehow exaggerated or excessive (hyper)."

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include superrealism, hyperreality, photo-realism, realism, pseudorealism, irrealism.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.