recursive acronym

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Definition of recursive acronym in English English dictionary

An acronym in which the first letter of the first word represented by the acronym is the acronym itself

HURD is an co-recursive acronym, standing for HIRD of Unix-Replacing Daemons, where HIRD stands for HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth.

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recursive acronyms

plural form of recursive acronym

Hyphenation

re·cur·sive ac·ro·nym

Etymology

() recursive + acronym