hyperconscious

American  

[hahy-per-kon-shuhs] / ˌhaɪ pərˈkɒn ʃəs /

adjective

1. acutely aware.

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Other Word Forms

• hyperconsciously adverb
• hyperconsciousness noun

Etymology

Origin of hyperconscious

hyper- + conscious

Example Sentences

“I often felt awkward and hyperconscious, like people were staring at me or that I always had to be on my best behavior so that I represented the Army in a positive way.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2023

Parents of new babies who live in thin-walled apartments are hyperconscious of the noise they’re making in the chaotic natural disasters that are their new lives.

From Slate • May 18, 2021

Then, there are the Western brands, hyperconscious of both their costs and their reputations, which came under sharp attack after Rana Plaza.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2020

Like cast members on a reality show’s third season, each woman is hyperconscious of her own “type,” and, by extension, how the culture sees her story, through condescending lenses like chick lit and mommy wars.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 26, 2017

Again, I became hyperconscious of certain minute details — the pull of the bar on my armpits, the rough, stringy texture of the grip tape in my palms — and not at all of others.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2013