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self-possession

How many syllables in self-possession?

  4 syllables

Divide self-possession into syllables:   self-pos-ses-sion
Primary syllable stress:   self-pos-ses-sion
Secondary syllable stress:   self-pos-ses-sion
How to say self-possession:

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    What rhymes with self-possession

    4 syllables
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