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hyper-object

hyper-object is the alternative form of hyperobject.

Meaning of hyperobject

Noun

hyperobject (plural hyperobjects)

  1. A thing that is so global that its effects can generally only be felt in parts, spread across time and space.
    • We can see, for instance, that global warming has the properties of a hyperobject.2015, Timothy Morton, Introducing the idea of 'hyperobjects'

Forms of hyper-object

pluralhyper-objects

Questions about hyper-object

What is hyper-object the alternative form of?
Hyper-object is the alternative form of hyperobject.

Words near hyper-object in the dictionary

  1. hyper-foreignisms
  2. hyper-foreignization
  3. hyper-green
  4. hyper-injunction
  5. hyper-injunctions
  6. hyper-object
  7. hyper-order
  8. hyper-osmolalities
  9. hyper-osmolality
  10. hyper-real religion
  11. hyper-real religions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyper-object (page history and authors); hyperobject (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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