"hypernormal" meaning in English

See hypernormal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From hyper- + normal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hyper|normal}} hyper- + normal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hypernormal (not comparable)
  1. In excess of the normal; above the normal. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hypernormal-en-adj-P64~x9qM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hyper-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 18 11 25 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 16 15 35 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 17 5 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 16 5 31
  2. (sociology, psychology) Characterized by, or pertaining to, a personality disposition in which an individual exerts considerable effort to present themselves as socially normative to others. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hypernormal-en-adj-8-N8e2Wk Categories (other): Psychology, Sociology, English terms prefixed with hyper- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 16 15 35 34 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences, social-science, sociology
  3. (sociology, psychology) Of an accelerated version of reality where the outlook is bleak, but there is no ability to change course. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hypernormal-en-adj-LVgQbEZH Categories (other): Psychology, Sociology, English terms prefixed with hyper- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 16 15 35 34 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences, social-science, sociology
  4. (mathematics) A matrix M is hypernormal if, given any n by n diagonal matrix G with entries of 1 or -1, MᵀGM = G. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hypernormal-en-adj-3o35EPvu Categories (other): Mathematics, English terms prefixed with hyper- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 16 15 35 34 Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Derived forms: hypernormalize Related terms: hyponormal
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