paternalistic

The # of syllables in paternalistic can be found in the Syllable Dictionary at HowManySyllables.com/syllables/paternalistic .

How many syllables in paternalistic?

5 syllables

Divide paternalistic into syllables: pa-ter-nal-is-tic
How to say paternalistic:

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