how to pronounce сумасшествие

/sʊmɐˈʂɛstvʲɪje/

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сумасшествие is pronounced in five syllables

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

“… это означает сумасшествие не так ли люди …”

meanings of сумасшествие

noun:

Mental illness, madness, insanity.

сумасшествие frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word сумасшествие occurs in russian on average 1.8 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.