Meanings
- The state of being hyperaware: extremely sensitive to stimuli.
Near-synonyms: hyperconsciousness, overconsciousness
1 more example
Rouaud's narration is an exercise in hyperawareness; it is a vision of a world magnified in the dewdrops of an extreme sensibility.
1998 January 9, Richard Bernstein, “'The World More or Less': A Sad Life, Through Thick Glasses, Wittily”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: hyperconsciousness, overconsciousness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being hyperaware: extremely sensitive to stimuli.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Englishaware
- Englishhyperaware
- Englishhyper-
- Englishaware
- Englishawareness
- Englishhyperawareness
From hyperaware + -ness, or from hyper- + awareness.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
hyperawareness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperawareness
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