hyperreality

British  

/ ˌhaɪpərɪˈælɪtɪ /

noun

1. an image or simulation, or an aggregate of images and simulations, that either distorts the reality it purports to depict or does not in fact depict anything with a real existence at all, but which nonetheless comes to constitute reality

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hyperreality

What she discovered, with close friends and heartbroken strangers, was a sort of hyperreality.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

The virtual world of the internet – with its own sets of cultural norms, language and memes – is the epitome of hyperreality.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2024

There’s a hyperreality to it, where you’re like, ‘it’s not really that — he must have Photoshopped that. It can’t be that way.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023

Yes, there is a Dogme looseness in how she shoots, but there is always a tension between the rawness she gets to and a forensic hyperreality.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 16, 2020

This disparity—what one group of sociologists calls “The Hobbit hyperreality paradox”—has no simple explanation.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2016