ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. Hyperrealism.
  2. (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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include superreality, disreality, hyperrationality, antireality, unreality, unrealness.

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