initialism
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əˌlɪz noun
1.
a name or term formed from the initial letters of a group of words and pronounced as a separate word, as NATO for North Atlantic Treaty organization; an acronym.
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Listings are alphabetical with the acronym or initialism followed by its full word equivalent.
An initialism is similar to acronym but is not pronounced as a word.
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