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retentivity

How many syllables in retentivity?

  5 syllables

Divide retentivity into syllables:   re-ten-tiv-i-ty
Primary syllable stress:   re-ten-tiv-i-ty
Secondary syllable stress:   re-ten-tiv-i-ty
How to pronounce retentivity:   ree-ten-tiv-i-tee
How to say retentivity:

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