hyperrealist

noun — 3 senses

hyperrealist

noun

Etymology From hyper- + realist.

1

Art, Arts An 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:
2

Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences One who subscribes to the idea of hyperreality.

3

Literally An 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:
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