hyperaware
Extremely aware; much more alert to stimuli than normal.
Adjective
- Extremely aware; much more alert to stimuli than normal.
- Suddenly I was hyperaware of everything around me.
- For example, the smoker may become hyperaware of all or part of his body, of all or part of his mind. - 1974, Joseph Berke, Calvin C. Hernton, The Cannabis Experience, →ISBN, page 95:
- But Ms. Wurtzel herself is hyperaware of the narcissistic nature of her problems, and her willingness to expose herself—narcissism and all—ultimately wins the reader over. - 1994 September 20, Michiko Kakutani, “The...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English aware English hyperaware From hyper- + aware.