総称

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 総称(そうしょう) names a collective term for several things, or the act of referring to them collectively.
• Basic usage: It groups related animals or tools under one category name.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Individual and collective names
  • 名称 broadly means a name, while 総称 focuses on a shared name covering several things.
• The naming construction
  • AをBと総称する means collectively calling the things in A by the name B.