What Is A Superordinate?
What Is A Superordinate? Superordinate terms (often also called ‘hypernyms,’ ‘anaphoric nouns,’ or ‘discourse-organizing words’) are nouns that can be used to stand for an entire ‘class’ or ‘category’ of things. Thus, a superordinate term acts as an ‘umbrella’ term that includes within it the meaning of other words. What is a superordinate goal? 1.