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There are no universal standards for the multiple names for such abbreviations or for their orthographic styling. Acronyms result from a word formation process known as blending, in which parts of two or more words are combined to form a new word. | There are no universal standards for the multiple names for such abbreviations or for their orthographic styling. Acronyms result from a word formation process known as blending, in which parts of two or more words are combined to form a new word. | ||
{{NOTE}} "In everyday use, ''acronym'' is often applied to abbreviations that are technically '''initialisms''', since they are pronounced as separate letters."<ref name="Fowler2015">{{REFbook | |||
|last=Fowler | |||
|first=Henry Watson | |||
|editor=Jeremy Butterfield | |||
|title=Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage | |||
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AvmzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16 | |||
|accessdate=2020-03-11 | |||
|edition=4th | |||
|year=2015-06-01 | |||
|publisher=Oxford University Press | |||
|isbn=978-0-19-966135-0 | |||
|page=16 | |||
|#archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405220308/https://books.google.com/books?id=AvmzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|archive-date=April 5, 2020|url-status=live | |||
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Acronyms flourished especially from the 20th century onwards; the distinction between abbreviation and acronym has been steadily eroded and acronym is commonly used for several types of abbreviation. | Acronyms flourished especially from the 20th century onwards; the distinction between abbreviation and acronym has been steadily eroded and acronym is commonly used for several types of abbreviation. | ||
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[[Category:Abbreviation]] | [[Category:Abbreviation]] | ||
[[de:Kategorie:Akronym]] | [[de:Kategorie:Akronym]] | ||