Supertopic

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A topic that encompasses several other topics.

    "On the other hand, shifts in contextual constraints are even greater at first-level boundaries, at the beginning of a story (in narration) or a supertopic (in elicitation)."

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"On the other hand, shifts in contextual constraints are even greater at first-level boundaries, at the beginning of a story (in narration) or a supertopic (in elicitation)."

Etymology

From super- + topic.

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