The phrase "a comprehensive term for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when defining or explaining a broad concept that encompasses various elements or categories.
Example: "The term 'sustainability' is a comprehensive term for practices that promote environmental health, social equity, and economic viability."
Alternatives: "an all-encompassing term for" or "a broad term for".
Vega became identified as a playwright with the comedia, a comprehensive term for the new drama of Spain's Golden Age.
A comprehensive term for chemical intolerance is "multiple chemical sensitivity" (MCS), which is associated with symptoms in more than one organ after the sufferer has been exposed to very low concentrations of chemical substances (Cullen 1987).
A random influence (stochastic part of the model) that directly acts on the three growers, and that is seen as a comprehensive term for the variety of unpredictable life events.
During the analysis of the interviews, two main categories of description emerged: i) Degree of reliance, as a comprehensive term for belief in research data regarding the predictability of actual risk of cardiovascular disease, and regarding the possibilities or ways to prevent disease by primary prevention; ii) Allocation of responsibility, regarding different aspects of primary prevention.
(Talmud is also the comprehensive term for the whole collections, Palestinian and Babylonian, containing Mishna, commentaries, and other matter).
Mr. Li (born Li Lianjie) has been practicing wushu — the comprehensive term for the martial arts of his native China — since he was 8; between the ages of 11 and 16 he racked up 15 gold medals in the sport at the All-China Games, beforetiringing from competition to begin his movie career.
For Syria and Iraq, the message from Libya is clear: A comprehensive, long-term strategy for disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating militias is badly needed.
In 1921 he launched a comprehensive long-term program for the study of the gifted.
The group also wants an audit of the airline industry to assess travel demand and product development, as well as a comprehensive long-term plan for dealing with war, disease and business slumps.
It's clear what is needed: while the international community must devise a comprehensive long-term plan for addressing the refugee crisis, a crucial part of that plan must include sharing the responsibility of hosting refugees.
