hyperrealism
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- hyperrealist noun
- hyperrealistic adjective
Example Sentences
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But it wasn’t just the hyperrealism of the scene that made it so striking.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
The style is on brand for Weirdo Cult, which often combines elements of internet technology and hyperrealism.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2022
Writer Clarisse Loughrey gave it four stars, praising the movie as a "technological marvel of unprecedented hyperrealism".
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2019
Those designs seemed motivated by the challenges of hyperrealism, 100 percent airbrushed representations that, at first glance, seemed more photographic than painterly.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2017
It’s drawn in the cartoons’ appealing neo-Deco style instead of the stiff hyperrealism of most contemporary superheroics.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2015
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