English Explanatory Dictionary

RAS syndrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Redundant acronym syndrome syndrome, a tautology in which one or more words that make up an acronym or initialism are used redundantly in conjunction with said abbreviation.

Word forms

RAS syndrome

Etymology

Coined by science magazine New Scientist in 2001.

Related words

Department of Redundancy Department pleonasm recursive acronym
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