Meanings
plural hyperrealists
- artAn artist of the school of hyperrealism.
I find that I'm not a hyperrealist. I have to laugh, because Dali also told me I wasn't one, but rather ‘hypermetaphysical’…
1999, T. Raspail, Jean Olivier Hucleux, 1971–1999, Lyon: Skira, →ISBN, page 277 - human sciencesOne who subscribes to the idea of hyperreality.
- literallyAn extreme realist.
Dalio describes himself as a "hyperrealist," in the sense that he is driven to understand the processes that govern the way the world really works, without bringing subjective value judgments into the equation.
2009 March 19, Brian O'Keefe, “Inside the world's biggest hedge fund”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2023
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealist
- Englishhyperrealist
Cite this entry
hyperrealist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperrealist
“hyperrealist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperrealist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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