The phrase "a broader term for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining that a specific word or phrase encompasses a wider range of meanings or categories.
Example: "The term 'mammal' is a broader term for various species, including humans, dogs, and whales."
Alternatives: "a more inclusive term for" or "a more general term for".
But, they explained, it is now a broader term for the community of Internet companies in the New York metropolitan area.
Ultimately, triangulation became a broader term for compromise generally, even if the compromise in question went some way toward furthering progressive goals.
About 3 to 5percentt of children have A.D.H.D., a broader term for attention deficit disorder, or A.D.D., according to Dr. Russell Barkley, a researcher and professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
A broader term for research is R&D, where research again differentiates in basic research and applied research (OECD 1994, p. 29).
Dyslexia is a broad term for language disabilities that cause a person to have trouble understanding written words, sentences or paragraphs.
I do bioinformatics, which is a broad term for people who work with the vast amount of data being generated now by the revolution in genetics.
The event was built around what Batiste calls "social music," a broad term for the big, smiley, genre-embracing, crowd-inviting, jazz-based style that the band plays.
Palestinian security forces said the men hit on Friday were Salafists, a broad term for Islamists inspired by Al Qaeda who are challenging the rule of Hamas in Gaza.
While the excitement surrounding nanotechnology -- a broad term for technical advances in handling materials at the molecular level -- may be reminiscent of the dot-com era, there are significant differences.
But no one is going after the much larger business known as "wellness," a broad term for the multibillion-dollar arena that includes things like vitamins and Pilates exercises, with quite the fervor of Mr. Robbins.
Information here is a broad term for any conscious intellectual, artistic, or pragmatic contribution to the production of goods, services and cultural output, but it also includes the data that we unconsciously radiate simply by exhibiting certain behavioural and consumer traits.
