上じょう位い語ご

noun

hypernym; superordinate term

Linguistics term for a word whose meaning includes the meaning of a more specific word; e.g., 'animal' is a hypernym of 'dog'.

See also: 下位語

• 「動どう物ぶつ」は「犬いぬ」の上じょう位い語ごです。

  'Animal' is a hypernym of 'dog'.