Hypernymy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hypernymy \hypernymy\ n.
     the relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher
     (more abstract) rank or class. Inverse of hyponymy.
  
     Syn: superordination.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypernymy
       n : the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to
           a higher rank or class [syn: {superordination}]