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paternalistic

How many syllables in paternalistic?

  5 syllables

Divide paternalistic into syllables:   pa-ter-nal-is-tic
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What rhymes with paternalistic

2 syllables
  • cystic
  • mystic
  • mistic
  • mystic's
3 syllables
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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