Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being hypervisible.
Her feeling of hypervisibility persisted all the way through breakfast and throughout the morning.
2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 3862 more examples
Hypervisibility leads by a straight line to forms of self-scrutiny explicitly oriented toward social conformity while undermining visibility in its more genuine forms.
2005, Paul Fairfield, Public/private, page 147Students who experience hypervisibility feel pressure from their peers and professors to be a model minority and a spokesperson for all that hold that identity (Corbin, 2018).
2023, Eleni Meletiadou, Handbook of Research on Exploring Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Through an Intersectional Lens, page 427
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