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paternalism

How many syllables in paternalism?

  4 syllables

Divide paternalism into syllables:   pa-ter-nal-ism
Stressed syllable in paternalism:   pa-ter-nal-ism
How to pronounce paternalism:   puh-tur-nl-iz-um
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