how to pronounce possessiveness

/pəˈzɛsɪvnəs/

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possessiveness is pronounced in four syllables

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pəzɛsɪvnəs

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meanings of possessiveness

noun:

  1. The quality of being possessive.

possessiveness frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word possessiveness occurs in english on average 0.2 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 possessiveness 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 possessiveness can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to possessiveness

aggressivenesspermissivenesspossessive

words that rhyme with possessiveness

aggressiveness

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