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Wiktionary英語版
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anacronym
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/01/12 14:47 UTC 版)
語源
Perhaps blend of anachronism + acronym but perhaps an- + acronym, in either case indicating an acronymic word that has lost much of its acronymic identity because people usually no longer focus on the etymonic origin when using the word.
発音
- IPA: /əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/
- 韻: -ækɹənɪm
- Homophone: anachronym
名詞
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anacronym (plural anacronyms)
- An acronym that is usually no longer thought of as such, but instead treated as a regular word and styled in lower case despite its etymological origin.
- Hypernyms: acronym (broad sense) < abbreviation (broad sense) < word (broad sense)
- Coordinate terms: orphan acronym (not to be confused), orphan initialism
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When you write about using a waterproof laser pointer while scuba diving, you probably aren’t going to write about “a L.A.S.E.R. pointer for S.C.U.B.A. diving”, because the words laser and scuba are anacronyms.
使用する際の注意点
- Not to be confused with anachronym (such as lead pencil or tin foil), despite the homophony and nearly identical spelling of the terms.
- A distinction can be made between an anacronym (which remains acronymous but in a de-emphasized way) and an orphan acronym (a name no longer acronymous at all, such as the name of a company that has legally redefined itself). This distinction is not always upheld.
派生語
- anacronymic
関連する語
- backronym
参照
- “anacronym”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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- Wiktionary
- Text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) and/or GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
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