Phrase Hound found 4 phrases and 21 compound words that contain acronym. The most common are listed below. Open acronym in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 4
- pseudo-acronymA term that is seemingly an acronym or (loosely) an initialism, but the letters of which do not stand for specific words.
- recursive acronymAn acronym in which a word (often the first) of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself.
- orphan acronymAn existing acronym which has been redefined by some authority (such as a company legally defining its own name) as a nonacronymous name, severing its link to its previous meaning.
- redundant acronym syndromeAlternative form of RAS syndrome: Redundant acronym syndrome syndrome, a tautology in which one or more words that make up an acronym or initialism are used redundantly in conjunction with said abbreviation.
Compound words 21
- acronymizationThe act, process, or result of turning a phrase into an acronym.
- acronymaniaThe enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms.
- apronymAn acronym or backronym that spells out another word or phrase relating to the meaning of the phrase that it abbreviates.
- acronymophiliaThe abnormal liking or tendency for the use of acronyms.
- acronymicPertaining to the use of acronyms.
- acronymousPertaining to the use of acronyms.
- acronymyThe formation of words from the initial components of words in a phrase
- acronymizeTo turn a phrase into an acronym.
- anacronymAn acronym that is usually no longer thought of as such, but instead treated as a regular word and styled in lower case despite its etymological origin.
- acronymiseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of acronymize.