Meaning & use
hyperaware
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Extremely or excessively conscious of something, often to the point of anxiety.
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After the accident, she became hyperaware of every car that passed too closely.
Being on camera made him hyperaware of his own gestures.
A note on using this word
This is a modern compound formed from the intensifying prefix "hyper-" and "aware," common in psychology and casual speech alike.
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hypervigilantself-conscious
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