hypernymy

[ hahy-pur-nuh-mee ]

nounLinguistics.
  1. the state or quality of being a hypernym or superordinate (a general class under which a set of subcategories is subsumed).

Origin of hypernymy

1
1970–75; hyper- + -(o)nymy (see -onym; -y3)

Words Nearby hypernymy

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