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umbrella term en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A term used to cover a broad category of things rather than a single specific item.
   • Transmasculine is an umbrella term referring to individuals who were assigned to a female gender role at birth but at some point come to self-identify as men, or with some other masculine identity, rather than seeing themselves as women. 2014, Tommaso M. Milani, Language and Masculinities: Performances, Intersections, Dislocations, Routledge, →ISBN, page 197:
   • Today "queer" is an umbrella term for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people.
   • “Cryptology” is an umbrella term that encompasses cryptography and cryptanalysis.

Forms

Synonyms

hypernym · blanket term

Translations (21)

da fællesbetegnelse (term covering a broad category of things) · nl overkoepelende term (term covering a broad category of things) · nl verzamelnaam (term covering a broad category of things) · de Oberbegriff (term covering a broad category of things) · yue 統稱 /统称 (term covering a broad category of things) · yue 總稱 /总称 (term covering a broad category of things) · sv överbegrepp (term covering a broad category of things) · vi thuật ngữ chung (term covering a broad category of things) · fi yläkäsite (term covering a broad category of things) · de Sammelbegriff (term covering a broad category of things) · ro termen generic (term covering a broad category of things) · cmn 統稱 /统称 (term covering a broad category of things) · hu gyűjtőfogalom (term covering a broad category of things) · ru общее понятие (term covering a broad category of things) · fr terme générique (term covering a broad category of things) · es término paraguas (term covering a broad category of things) · fi kattotermi (term covering a broad category of things) · cmn 總稱 /总称 (term covering a broad category of things) · hu gyűjtőnév (term covering a broad category of things) · sv samlingsnamn (term covering a broad category of things) · it termine generico (term covering a broad category of things)