Hyperreality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hyperreality is a noun meaning The state or condition of being hyperreal.
Meaning
The state or condition of being hyperreal.
More Meanings
- Hyperrealism.
- (semiotics, philosophy) The inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures.
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.
Word Forms
- hyperrealities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include superreality, disreality, hyperrationality, antireality, unreality, unrealness.
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