Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supertopic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-topic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A topic that encompasses several other topics.

Example Sentences

"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)."
"That choice would leave the supertopic Classroom Experiences open, a situation that can be represented with an open parenthesis."
"There is an overarching topic, sometimes called a supertopic, and the interlocutors move through a series of subtopics related to the supertopic, slipping easily from one subtopic to the next."

Etymology

From super- + topic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super

Inflected Forms

supertopics (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

subtopic

Questions

What does supertopic mean?: A topic that encompasses several other topics.
Where does supertopic come from?: From super- + topic.

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