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um·brella term

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  1. umbrella termnoun

    Synonyms:
    blanket term, hypernym

  2. umbrella termnoun

    A term used to cover a broad category of functions rather than a single specific item

    Cryptology is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and cryptoanalysis.

    Synonyms:
    hypernym, blanket term

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  1. Sara Kelly Keenan:

    It was wonderful. It was the first time I saw 'intersex' in print related to my name, when I applied in court, I chose 'non-binary,' because that's an umbrella term that would also include gender variant people.

  2. Peter Campbell:

    We have shown that AML is an umbrella term for a group of at least 11 different types of leukemia, we can now start to decode these genetics to shape clinical trials and develop diagnostics.

  3. Kaye Marks:

    ' Equine-assisted activities and therapies' is an umbrella term, and all of the different types [ of activities ] fall underneath our umbrella.


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