how to pronounce backslider

/ˈbakslaɪdə/

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backslider is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of backslider

noun:

A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate. She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.

backslider frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word backslider occurs in english on average 0 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 backslider 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 backslider can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to backslider

backside