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/ɪˈnɪʃəlɪzəm/ · noun
(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter..
The term BBC is an initialism for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The next most frequent source language was English, with neologistic compounds accounting for 15 etymologies, with 9 other English-based terms from a variety of word formation processes such as initialism and semantic extension.
Use initialism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Initialism means (linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter..
Common synonyms include alphabetism.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The term BBC is an initialism for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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