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gerontocracy

How many syllables in gerontocracy?

  5 syllables

Divide gerontocracy into syllables:   ger-on-toc-ra-cy
Primary syllable stress:   ger-on-toc-ra-cy
Secondary syllable stress:   ger-on-toc-ra-cy
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