English Dictionary

anacronym

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/

名詞

An acronym whose etymonic origin is incidental to the discussion at hand, and thus not worth mentioning or explaining in the context (or perhaps even worth remembering at all, for most speakers). Thus the word stands on its own with identity as a full-fledged word and not solely an acronym despite acronymic etymology, and (in the strongest cases, including laser, radar, sonar, lidar, and scuba) usually takes lowercased styling (because to capitalize it would represent undue emphasis on its etymonic origin). Relatedly, unlike with many other acronyms, spelling it out within a sentence is usually counterproductive to clarity and style.

日本語の意味

anacronymとは、語源が議論の本質に関係しないため、略語としての出自が偶発的でありながら、単なる略語に留まらず完全な単語として機能する言葉を指します。つまり、語源が強調されず、しばしば小文字で表記され、単語自体が独立した意味や使用法を持っている略語（例：laser、radar、sonarなど）です。

In linguistics seminars, she often points out that radar is an anacronym that no longer needs its etymology explained.

言語学のセミナーで彼女はよく、radarは語源を説明する必要のない、頭字語が普通の語になった例だと指摘します。

意味（1）

An acronym whose etymonic origin is incidental to the discussion at hand, and thus not worth mentioning or explaining in the context (or perhaps even worth remembering at all, for most speakers). Thus the word stands on its own with identity as a full-fledged word and not solely an acronym despite acronymic etymology, and (in the strongest cases, including laser, radar, sonar, lidar, and scuba) usually takes lowercased styling (because to capitalize it would represent undue emphasis on its etymonic origin). Relatedly, unlike with many other acronyms, spelling it out within a sentence is usually counterproductive to clarity and style.

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, and you certainly aren't going to write about a light-amplification-by-stimulated-emission-of-radiation pointer for self-contained-underwater-breathing-apparatus diving, because the words laser and scuba are anacronyms.

anacronyms （ plural ）