hypernymn.
/ˈhʌɪpənɪm/, U.S. /ˈhaɪpərˌnɪm/ Linguistics.
A word with a broad meaning constituting a category into which words with more specific meanings fall; a superordinate term; = hyperonym n. Opposed to hyponym n. 2.
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1971 S. G. J. Hervey Functional Semantics (D.Phil. thesis, Univ. of Oxf.) i. v. 48 If the denotation class of the sign ‘X’ properly includes the denotation class of the sign ‘Y’, the sign ‘X’ is a hypernym of the sign ‘Y’, and the relation between..sign ‘X’ and sign ‘Y’ is one of hypernymy.
1989 K. Wales Dict. Stylistics 223 The same word may be both a hyponym or a hypernym: tree is superordinate to oak and ash, but itself subordinate..to plant.
2000 N. Besnier Tuvaluan ii. 584 Ika ‘fish’ is the hypernym of fonu ‘turtle’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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