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hypermediacy

hypermediacy noun: hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.

Noun (1)

hypermediacy (uncountable)

  1. hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies

Noun (2)

hypermediacy (uncountable)

  1. The presentation of a film or other work as media, by foregrounding those elements that characterise the medium.

Origin of hypermediacy

Compare literacy and oracy.

Questions about hypermediacy

What does hypermediacy mean?
Hypermediacy means hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
What part of speech is hypermediacy?
Hypermediacy is a noun.

Words near hypermediacy in the dictionary

  1. hypermature
  2. hypermaturity
  3. hypermeasure
  4. hypermeasures
  5. hypermedia
  6. hypermediacy
  7. hypermediated
  8. hypermedication
  9. hypermedium
  10. hypermelanic
  11. hypermelanism

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