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macronyms

macronyms is the plural of macronym.

Meaning of macronym

Noun

macronym (plural macronyms)

  1. (rare) An acronym having a letter that stands for another acronym.

Questions about macronyms

What is macronyms the plural of?
Macronyms is the plural of macronym.

Words near macronyms in the dictionary

  1. macronutrients
  2. macronutrition
  3. macronutritional
  4. macronym
  5. macronympha
  6. macronyms
  7. macronyssid
  8. macronyssids
  9. Macroom
  10. macroorchidism
  11. macroorganism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macronyms (page history and authors); macronym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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