Hyperrealist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An artist of the school of hyperrealism.

    "I find that I'm not a hyperrealist. I have to laugh, because Dali also told me I wasn't one, but rather ‘hypermetaphysical’…"

  2. 2
    One who subscribes to the idea of hyperreality.
  3. 3
    An extreme realist. literally

    "Dalio describes himself as a "hyperrealist," in the sense that he is driven to understand the processes that govern the way the world really works, without bringing subjective value judgments into the equation."

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"I find that I'm not a hyperrealist. I have to laugh, because Dali also told me I wasn't one, but rather ‘hypermetaphysical’…"

Etymology

From hyper- + realist.

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