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pretension

How many syllables in pretension?

  3 syllables

Divide pretension into syllables:   pre-ten-sion
Stressed syllable in pretension:   pre-ten-sion
How to pronounce pretension:   pri-ten-shun
How to say pretension:

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    What rhymes with pretension

    2 syllables
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