Hyperreality
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being hyperreal. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 The inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy, especially in technologically advanced postmodern cultures. countable, uncountable
- 3 Hyperrealism. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From hyper- + reality.
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