hyperreal

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Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *(h)upér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís

Proto-Italic *reis

Classical Latin rēs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Late Latin reālisder.

Old French reelbor.

Middle English real

English real

English hyperreal

From hyper- + real.

hyperreal (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to philosophical hyperreality; perceivable as real by consciousness, though potentially unreal.
(mathematics, of a number) Belonging to an extension of the real numbers containing those that cannot be produced by repeatedly adding 1; hence infinite.
Having the appearance of hyperrealism.
- 2023 September 6, Luke Winkie, “Our Greatest Fast-Food Joint Is Costco”, in Slate‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 July 2026:
  There's far more than just hot dogs to feast on too. The pizzas—gigantic, floppy, with a hyperreal waxy sheen—are mythic. They arrive exclusively in cheese, pepperoni, or supreme—the holy trinity—and will run you an eminently affordable $1.99 for a ridiculously huge wedge-shaped slice.

hyperreal (plural hyperreals)