How to pronounce defensiveness
Listen to defensiveness in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“defensiveness” in real sentences
190 clips in the index · 4 American · 31 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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>> just reduce the defensiveness.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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person without fear or defensiveness.
The School of Life · hear it here
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you have fallen prey to cultural defensiveness.
CrashCourse · hear it here
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Instead of openness, we have had defensiveness.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defensiveness. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.