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umbrella term

[ uhm-brel-uh turm ]

noun

  1. a word or phrase used as a unifying term under which a group of specific and related things, words, phrases, subjects, or functions belongs:

    To be clear, “encephalopathy” is an umbrella term for any brain disease, and we’re testing to find out exactly what condition you may have.

    The umbrella term “trans” includes both binary and nonbinary transgender people, as well as those who are genderqueer in other ways.



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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of umbrella term1

First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences

Non-binary is an umbrella term for those those who do not identify as exclusively male or female.

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It’s worth mentioning that LAB is an umbrella term for a group of bacteria that share certain characteristics, with the most notable being their ability to produce lactic acid.

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Intersex is an umbrella term that includes people who are born with variations in sexual anatomy, chromosomal patterns, and/or reproductive organs and hormonal patterns that do not fit into traditional binary notions of male and female bodies.

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Nowadays, oldies culture has become an umbrella term for a certain kind of nostalgia.

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Their diversity of approaches, under the umbrella term of "heterodox economics," has been seen as a weakness, because their work can't come together into a coherent whole to challenge orthodox economics.

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