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initialism
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As a noun, initialism means a term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
Meanings of initialism
2 meaningsnoun
linguisticsA term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
“BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.”
linguisticsThe process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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