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Meaning of word initialism from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

initialism noun

Meaning : A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.

Example : `NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus).

Synonyms : acronym

Meaning : An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately.

Example : HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language.

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