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An umbrella term is a word that provides a superset
SuperSet

SuperSet Software was a group founded by friends and former Eyring Research Institute co-workers Drew Major, Dale Neibaur, Kyle Powell and later joined by Mark Hurst....
 or grouping of related concepts, also called a hypernym
Hypernym

In linguistics, a hyponym is a word or phrase whose semantics range is included within that of another word. For example, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, and crimson are all hyponyms of red , which is, in turn, a hyponym of colour....
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An umbrella term is a word that provides a superset
SuperSet

SuperSet Software was a group founded by friends and former Eyring Research Institute co-workers Drew Major, Dale Neibaur, Kyle Powell and later joined by Mark Hurst....
 or grouping of related concepts, also called a hypernym
Hypernym

In linguistics, a hyponym is a word or phrase whose semantics range is included within that of another word. For example, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, and crimson are all hyponyms of red , which is, in turn, a hyponym of colour....
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For example, cryptology is an umbrella
Umbrella

An umbrella or parasol is a canopy designed to protect against precipitation or sunlight. The term parasol usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun, and umbrella refers to a device more suited to protect from rain....
 term that encompasses cryptography
Cryptography

Cryptography is the practice and study of hiding information. In modern times cryptography is considered a branch of both mathematics and computer science and is affiliated closely with information theory, computer security and engineering....
 and cryptanalysis
Cryptanalysis

Cryptanalysis is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret information which is normally required to do so....
, among other fields.
Similarly, an "umbrella organization
Umbrella organization

An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations....
" can be an organization which is a central and coordinating body representing a number of smaller, separate bodies.

Examples in archaeology/anthropology

  • Grave goods
    Grave goods

    Grave goods, in archaeology and anthropology, are the items buried along with the body.They are usually personal possessions, supplies to smooth the deceased's journey into the afterlife or offerings to the gods....
  • Venus figurines
    Venus figurines

    Venus figurines is an umbrella term for a number of prehistory statuettes of women sharing common attributes from the Aurignacian or Gravettian period of the upper Palaeolithic, found from Western Europe to Siberia....
    : (They extend over diverse time periods.)
  • Votive deposit: (They are 'essentially' in every human culture/"tribe".)
  • Standing stone
    Standing stone

    Standing stones, orthostats, liths or more commonly, megaliths because of their large and cumbersome size, are solitary stones set vertically in the ground and come in many different varieties....


Examples in earth science


  • Punctuated equilibrium
    Punctuated equilibrium

    Punctuated equilibrium is a theory in Evolution which states that most Sexual reproduction species experience little change for most of their geological history, and that when phenotypic evolution does occur, it is localized in rare, rapid events of branching speciation ....
    : Created 1972 in the category of Evolution
    Evolution

    In biology, evolution is change in the heritability trait of a population of organisms from one generation to the next. These changes are caused by a combination of three main processes: variation, reproduction, and selection....
    , or Speciation
    Speciation

    Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. The biologist Orator F. Cook seems to have been the first to coin the term 'speciation' for the splitting of lineages or 'cladogenesis,' as opposed to 'anagenesis' or 'phyletic evolution' occurring within lineages....
    , etc., but could obviously be applied to other "topics". Definition: (See Wiki page: Punctuated equilibrium
    Punctuated equilibrium

    Punctuated equilibrium is a theory in Evolution which states that most Sexual reproduction species experience little change for most of their geological history, and that when phenotypic evolution does occur, it is localized in rare, rapid events of branching speciation ....
     contrasted against, Gradualism
    Gradualism

    Gradualism is the belief that changes occur, or ought to occur, slowly in the form of gradual steps ...
    .)


Other examples


  • Straw man
    Straw man

    A straw man logical argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition , and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position....
     (Two dictionary definitions)
  • Psychokinesis
    Psychokinesis

    The term psychokinesis , also known as telekinesis , sometimes abbreviated PK and TK respectively, is a term coined by Henry Holt to refer to the direct influence of mind on a physical system that cannot be entirely accounted for by the mediation of any known physical energy....
     (numerous alleged psychic force abilities described under this term)
  • Psychosis
    Psychosis

    Psychosis , with adjective psychotic, literally means abnormal condition of the mind, and is a generic psychiatry term for a mental state often described as involving a "loss of contact with reality"....
     (describes nine distinct diagnoses)


Other umbrella terms


  • Umbrella brand
    Umbrella brand

    An umbrella brand is a brand that covers diverse kinds of products which are more or less related.It applies also to any company that is identified only by its brand and history....
  • Umbrella fund
    Umbrella fund

    An umbrella fund is an investment term used to describe a collective investment scheme which is a single legal entity but has several distinct sub-funds which in effect are traded as individual investment funds....
  • Umbrella organization
    Umbrella organization

    An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations....
  • Umbrella school
    Umbrella school

    An umbrella school is an alternative education school which serves to oversee the homeschooling of children to fulfil government education requirements....


See also

  • Collective noun
  • Generic antecedents
  • Family resemblance (Analytic philosophy)
    Family resemblance

    Family resemblance is a philosophical idea proposed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, with the most well known exposition being given in the posthumously published book Philosophical Investigations ....