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posterity

How many syllables in posterity?

  4 syllables

Divide posterity into syllables:   pos-ter-i-ty
Stressed syllable in posterity:   pos-ter-i-ty
How to pronounce posterity:   po-ster-i-tee
How to say posterity:

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3 syllables
  • clarity
  • rarity
  • parity
  • rarity's
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