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initialism

English

  1. 🔊 an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately
    “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
  2. 🔊 a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
    “`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization”

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