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pseudo-acronyms

pseudo-acronyms is the plural of pseudo-acronym.

Meaning of pseudo-acronym

Noun

pseudo-acronym (plural pseudo-acronyms)

  1. A term that is seemingly an acronym or (loosely) an initialism, but the letters of which do not stand for specific words.
    • Near-synonyms: orphan acronym, orphan initialism

Questions about pseudo-acronyms

What is pseudo-acronyms the plural of?
Pseudo-acronyms is the plural of pseudo-acronym.

Words near pseudo-acronyms in the dictionary

  1. pseudo forces
  2. pseudo Nambu-Goldstone boson
  3. pseudo Nambu-Goldstone bosons
  4. pseudo-
  5. pseudo-acronym
  6. pseudo-acronyms
  7. pseudo-active
  8. pseudo-analytical
  9. pseudo-angiosarcoma
  10. pseudo-angiosarcomatous
  11. pseudo-anglicism

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