hyperrealist

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ realist.

Noun

hyperrealist (plural hyperrealists)

  1. (art) An artist of the school of hyperrealism.
    • 1999, T. Raspail, Jean Olivier Hucleux, 1971–1999, Lyon: Skira, →ISBN, page 277:
      I find that I'm not a hyperrealist. I have to laugh, because Dali also told me I wasn't one, but rather ‘hypermetaphysical’…
  2. (philosophy) One who subscribes to the idea of hyperreality.
  3. (literally) An extreme realist.
    • 2009 March 19, Brian O'Keefe, “Inside the world's biggest hedge fund”, in CNN Money‎[1]:
      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.
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