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A hyperonym is a word whose definition includes the definition of another word (its hyponym).

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Politically correct substitutes for (fe)male and (wo)man

"Female" comes via French from Latin femella, the diminutive of femina "woman". It does not come from "male" and there is no reason for any feminist to want to ban it. "Woman" does come from "man", b …
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