Umbrella Term - Examples of Umbrella Terms

Examples of Umbrella Terms

In archaeology and anthropology
  • Grave goods
  • Venus figurines: (They extend over diverse time periods.)
  • Votive deposit: (They are "essentially" in every human culture/"tribe".)
  • Standing stone
In earth science
  • Punctuated equilibrium was coined in 1972 in the category of evolution, or speciation, etc., but could obviously be applied to other "topics". Punctuated equilibrium is different from gradualism.
Other
  • Straw man (two dictionary definitions)
  • Psychokinesis (numerous alleged psychic force abilities described under this term)
  • Psychosis (describes nine distinct diagnoses)
  • Daltonism (umbrella for various color-blindness problems)
  • Intellectual property (umbrella for certain exclusive rights in intangible things)
  • Sick sinus syndrome (collection of various heart disease diagnoses typically in elderly individuals)

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