how to pronounce свинство

/ˈsvʲinstvə/

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свинство is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of свинство in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… и самостоятельности свинство и глупы …”

meanings of свинство

noun:

Swinishness, piggishness, piggery, rudeness.
Mean/low-down trick.
Dirtiness, flagrant untidiness.
Meanness, mean/base nature.

свинство frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word свинство occurs in russian on average 0.9 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.