acronymophilia

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noun

The abnormal liking or tendency for the use of acronyms.

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Meanings

nounacronymophilia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe abnormal liking or tendency for the use of acronyms.

    Acronymophilia seems to be afflicting some of our more physical colleagues.

    2007, D Bryce-Smith, Photochemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN
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    While London's black cabs were proclaiming that 1994 was the year of the taxi, GPs in Britain could be forgiven for thinking it was actually the year of rampant acronymophilia. Acronyms, pronounceable words formed from the initial letters of other words, have multiplied on all sides, but particularly in the literature of cardiovascular medicine.

    1995, The Practitioner

    Acronymophilia has been, and continues to be, rampant in scales and interviews concerned with ADHD.

    2017, Wayne Harris, Examination Paediatrics, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 49

Origin

From acronym + -o- + -philia.

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APA

acronymophilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymophilia

MLA

“acronymophilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymophilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acronymophilia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acronymophilia.

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