Usually means: Naming based on initial sound.
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  1. acrophony: Merriam-Webster
  2. acrophony: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. acrophony: Wiktionary
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  7. Acrophony, acrophony: Dictionary.com
  8. Acrophony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Acrophony: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. acrophony: Rhymezone
  11. Acrophony: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. acrophony: FreeDictionary.org
  13. acrophony: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Acrophony: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Acrophony: World Wide Words
  16. acrophony: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.

Similar:
acrophone, alphabet, acrostic, acrostich, phonetic name, alphabetics, phonetic alphabet, acrostick, phonetic spelling alphabet, aphthong, more...

Opposite:
basiphony, cataphony, hypophony

Types:
alliteration, assonance, consonance, cacophony, euphony, more...

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Similar:
acrophone, alphabet, acrostic, acrostich, phonetic name, alphabetics, phonetic alphabet, acrostick, phonetic spelling alphabet, aphthong, more...

Opposite:
basiphony, cataphony, hypophony

Types:
alliteration, assonance, consonance, cacophony, euphony, more...



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