The phrase "a useful term of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing terminology that serves a practical purpose or function in a specific context.
Example: "In the field of psychology, 'cognitive dissonance' is a useful term of understanding how conflicting beliefs can affect behavior."
Alternatives: "a helpful expression of" or "a practical phrase for".
Though the etymology of the word catfish is sort of strange, it's a useful term to describe a type of con artistry that is centered around crafting a fake identity.
In 1690, the philosopher John Locke suggested the French word billion as a useful term for avoiding "the often repeating of millions of millions of millions etc".
Not a formal psychiatric diagnosis, codependency has come to be a useful term for discussing aspects of family dysfunction, particularly among participants in recovery groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon.
Customers will not just consume energy, but generate it too, becoming "prosumers" – "a horrible word but a useful term," says Tom Pakenham, head of electric vehicles at Ovo, that means "to generate your own energy, store it and use it in intelligent way".
To him belongs the credit for putting that very useful term of generalization "the Establishment" into popular circulation.
The now clichéd, but still useful, terms of 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 can apply.
What else haunts "The Sound and the Fury" or "Absalom, Absalom!"? Between the marital outrages incest and miscegenation, the latter (an old but useful term for "the mixing of races") is obviously the more abhorrent.
They aren't a useful long term repository of your photos.
While this is a considerable achievement in the translation of research into policy and practice, it is also humbling how little is known about key issues [ 11]. 'Brief intervention' is a useful umbrella term for two main types of heterogeneous content: brief advice or adaptations of motivational interviewing (MI) [ 6].
