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persuasion

How many syllables in persuasion?

  3 syllables

Divide persuasion into syllables:   per-sua-sion
Stressed syllable in persuasion:   per-sua-sion
How to pronounce persuasion:   per-swey-zhun
How to say persuasion:

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