initialism
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uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl.ɪ.zəm/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl.ɪ.zəm/an abbreviation consisting of the firstlettersof each word in thenameof something,pronouncedasseparateletters:
首字母缩略词HTMLis an initialism of HyperText Markup Language.HTML是“HyperText Markup Language（超文本标记语言）”的首字母缩略词。
Cable News Network, usually referred to byitsinitialismCNN, is amajorEnglishlanguagetelevisionnetwork.有线电视新闻网（Cable News Network），通常以其首字母缩写CNN来称呼，是一家大型英语电视网。
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- Thepluralof an initialism is the initialismpluss.
- DVDwasoriginallyused as an initialism for theunofficialtermdigitalvideodisk.
- It is an abbreviation of "oh myGod" and ispronouncedas an initialism.
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