hyperconscious
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- hyperconsciously adverb
- hyperconsciousness noun
Etymology
Origin of hyperconscious
Example Sentences
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“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
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
It’s an album hyperconscious of itself as a declaration that “I have arrived!”
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2019
Young-adult writers see themselves as educators, and they are hyperconscious that this generation of Y.A. readers is the most diverse ever.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2019
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
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