Hypernormal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Too normal. not-comparable
"The film is liberal and nonjudgemental and will annoy Moral Majority viewers as much as Taxi zum Klo. One of the intentions of this film seems to be to make us hypernormal—with a quiet vengeance that should win the NGTF seal of approval."
- 2 Having or relating to a personality that makes one try hard to appear normal to others. not-comparable
"The responsible-hypernormal personality is noted by efforts to maintain the appearance of personal integrity, self-sacrifice, and concern for others. Variants of this type strive excessively to achieve an inner ideal of proper and conventional behaviour […]"
- 3 A matrix M is hypernormal if, given any n by n diagonal matrix G with entries of 1 or -1, MᵀGM = G. not-comparable
Example
More examples"The film is liberal and nonjudgemental and will annoy Moral Majority viewers as much as Taxi zum Klo. One of the intentions of this film seems to be to make us hypernormal—with a quiet vengeance that should win the NGTF seal of approval."
Etymology
From hyper- + normal.
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