Opposite of an ACRONYM

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That is an acronym, backronym and an initialism, acronym is an inclusive word. It includes many types of acronyms.

What you describe is Acronym > Initialism > backronym

With the first being the most inclusive term that fits and focusing as it goes.

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More like an acrostic
No, it's not an acronym (e.g. NASA or SCUBA), but more like an acrostic. Still, there is a word for this type of thing - people often do it at weddings or funerals where they take each letter of a person's name and use it as the first letter of an adjective to tell you something about the person.

Is acrostic the word you want?

From Merriam Webster Online:

Main Entry: acros·tic
Pronunciation: &-'kros-tik, -'kräs-
Function: noun
1 : a composition usually in verse in which sets of letters (as the initial or final letters of the lines) taken in order form a word or phrase or a regular sequence of letters of the alphabet
2 : ACRONYM

Re: More like an acrostic


Duncan,

Acronym is an inclusive word that includes these various subsets. An acrostic is an acronym for example.

What you described is a backronym. It might have another even more specific term for your specific description but that does in no way mean that it's not also a backronym, initialism and an acronym.

The examples you cited are all three, even if you might be looking for another word.

The logic is similar to:

"All men are humans but not all humans are men". Acronym is the inclusive term with subsets getting into specific types of acronyms.