hyperawareness
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
English hyper-
English aware
English hyperaware
English hyperawareness
From hyperaware + -ness, or from hyper- + awareness.
Noun
hyperawareness
- 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.