Acrophony: alternatives and connections

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Acrophony

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

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Naming 76% connected

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deixis noun · 78% connection

the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communicatio…

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Illation noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Inference noun · 78% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Speech act noun · 78% connection

the use of language to perform some act

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Address noun · 77% connection

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"

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Acronym noun · 78% connection

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…