Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In excess of the normal; above the normal.
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Examples
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Thus begins another skirmish in Devinsky's long-standing war on the fecklessness of youth, their natural tendency to forget their medication, stay up all night working on a term paper and propel themselves into a hypernormal state by swilling vodka or cough medicine.
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The idea that this quiet, hypernormal community was about to be under siege was almost too much to comprehend.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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The idea that this quiet, hypernormal community was about to be under siege was almost too much to comprehend.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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Hawk and Spenser share a bond that is not explained in the novel but often discussed and which feels hypernormal.
Ceremony Fred Perry 2009
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Hawk and Spenser share a bond that is not explained in the novel but often discussed and which feels hypernormal.
Archive 2009-07-01 Fred Perry 2009
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The idea that this quiet, hypernormal community was about to be under siege was almost too much to comprehend.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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And the heat, the dark, the steam and the herbs (typically sage) the men inhale or rub on one another combine to create a hypernormal state, which is what men have always sought on Saturday nights anyway.
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They had become to him a quasi-human, hypernormal race ....
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