hyperreality

/ ˌhaɪpərɪˈælɪtɪ /

noun

1. an image or simulation, or an aggregate of images and simulations, that either distorts the reality it purports to depict or does not in fact depict anything with a real existence at all, but which nonetheless comes to constitute reality

Example Sentences

The setting and its accoutrements couldn’t be more more richly luxurious, but Kravitz presents this world with a sickening, unsettling hyperreality.

From Los Angeles Times

Cultural theorist Mark Fisher, in his 2009 book "Capitalist Realism," describes this moment in history as one in which "hyperreality" prevails.

From Salon

In his book "Simulacra and Simulation," Baudrillard uses the example of Disneyland to describe hyperreality.

From Salon

The virtual world of the internet – with its own sets of cultural norms, language and memes – is the epitome of hyperreality.

From Salon

There’s a hyperreality to it, where you’re like, ‘it’s not really that — he must have Photoshopped that. It can’t be that way.’

From Los Angeles Times