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ostentation

How many syllables in ostentation?

  4 syllables

Divide ostentation into syllables:   os-ten-ta-tion
Primary syllable stress:   os-ten-ta-tion
Secondary syllable stress:   os-ten-ta-tion
How to say ostentation:

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Synonyms for ostentation


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          What rhymes with ostentation

          1 syllable
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