how to pronounce defensiveness

/dɪˈfɛnsɪvnəs/

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defensiveness is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of defensiveness in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… hesitation and defensiveness hesitation …”

meanings of defensiveness

noun:

The state or quality of being defensive.

defensiveness frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word defensiveness occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics defensiveness can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that defensiveness can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;