hypervivid
hypervivid adjective: extremely vivid.
Adjective
hypervivid (comparative more hypervivid, superlative most hypervivid)
- Extremely vivid.
- That consciousness knows nothing of a release from the devil; for, barring Luther and some of the medieval monks of hypervivid imagination, it knows nothing directlly about a devil to whom it can be in bondage.1920, Professor William Marcellus Mcpheeters, Bibliotheca Sacra 1920-04: Volume 77, Issue 306, Dallas Theological Seminary, page 168
- It would take a person with a hypervivid imagination to guess the connection between the title and the story.1921, Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association, The Moving Picture World, The World Photographic Publishing Company, page 756
Examples of hypervivid in a sentence
- Melodrama is, just as Frye says, a "dramatic vision," and that vision, in order to be true to itself, demands to be dramatized in 'hypervivid terms.1985, Anne Dhu McLucas, John Milton Ward, Music and Context: Essays for John M. Ward, Dept. of Music, Harvard University, page 147:
- Why, we are driven to ask, is this trivial creature presented with such hypervivid literalness?1986, Karl Kroeber, British Romantic Art, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 37:
- Such hypnagogic hallucinations are images that are hypervivid.1989, Anthony Burry, Henry Kellerman, Psychopathology and Differential Diagnosis: A Primer, Columbia University Press, page 295:
Forms of hypervivid
| comparative | more hypervivid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hypervivid |
Origin of hypervivid
From hyper- + vivid.
Questions about hypervivid
- What does hypervivid mean?
- Hypervivid means extremely vivid.
- How do you use hypervivid in a sentence?
- Melodrama is, just as Frye says, a "dramatic vision," and that vision, in order to be true to itself, demands to be dramatized in 'hypervivid terms.
- What part of speech is hypervivid?
- Hypervivid is an adjective.
Words near hypervivid in the dictionary
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