Hypernyms for "linguistics"
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computational linguistics
descriptive linguistics
diachronic linguistics
diachrony
dialect geography
dialectology
etymology
historical linguistics
lexicology
linguistic geography
neurolinguistics
pragmatics
prescriptive linguistics
semantics
sociolinguistics
structural linguistics
structuralism
synchronic linguistics
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.