hyperreal
Britishadjective
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involving or characterized by particularly realistic graphic representation
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distorting or exaggerating reality
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pertaining to or creating a hyperreality
noun
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that which constitutes hyperreality
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short for hyperreal number
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The Traitors theme is "one of the biggest pieces of music I've ever written", he says, recorded with a full orchestra and overdubbed with dozens of electronic elements to create a heightened, hyperreal atmosphere.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Producing shots so photorealistic that they border on the hyperreal.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023
I imagined there being a dialogue between these found photographs and these hyperreal color ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Staring into a phone camera, preening to check our makeup or undereye circles, gives us a hyperreal mirror, but this, too, is distorted and reversed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
The palmas — those crisp hand claps that punctuate flamenco music — sounded almost hyperreal, as if God was lurking behind the curtains, applauding his favorite new singer like a smitten metronome.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022
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