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Complete Definition of "backronym"

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English

Etymology
blend|back|acronym

Alternative spellings
bacronym

Noun
en-noun

  1. A word that is either not an acronym but is taken to be one and for which a full form is invented by back-formation, or is an acronym and for which an alternative full form is invented by back-formation.

Translations
French: rétro-acronyme m

Derived terms
backronymic

See also
recursive acronym

ru:backronym

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