hyperawareness

hyperawareness

English

Etymology

    From hyperaware + -ness, or from hyper- + awareness.

    Noun

    hyperawareness

    1. The state of being hyperaware: extremely sensitive to stimuli.
      Hypernym: awareness
      Coordinate terms: hypervigilance, meta-awareness, hyperconscientiousness, hyperscrupulosity
      Near-synonyms: hyperconsciousness, overconsciousness
      • 1998 January 9, Richard Bernstein, “'The World More or Less': A Sad Life, Through Thick Glasses, Wittily”, in The New York Times[1]:
        Rouaud's narration is an exercise in hyperawareness; it is a vision of a world magnified in the dewdrops of an extreme sensibility.