acronymize

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verb

To turn a phrase into an acronym.

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Meanings

verbacronymize (third-person singular simple present acronymizes, present participle acronymizing, simple past and past participle acronymized)

present singular third person acronymizes · participle present acronymizing · participle past acronymized · past acronymized · alternative acronymise

  1. transitiveTo turn a phrase into an acronym.

    A sole professor, who has failed to attract recruits, does not need to acronymize the creations of their own making. But the existence of a capitalized acronym announces that the world is taking seriously an approach or topic […]

    2013, Michael Billig, Learn to Write Badly: How to Succeed in the Social Sciences, page 89

Origin

From acronym + -ize.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cyromazine
Cite this entry
APA

acronymize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymize

MLA

“acronymize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acronymize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymize.

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