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How to pronounce voicelessness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms susurration, whisper, whispering
Type of speaking, speech production
Has types stage whisper
Derivation voiceless
Type Words
Synonyms aphonia
Type of speech disorder, defect of speech, speech defect
Derivation voiceless
Type Words
Type of impotence, impotency, powerlessness
Derivation voiceless


the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness.

Examples of voicelessness

voicelessness
It appears that voicelessness is not a single phenomenon in such languages.
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Thus, voicelessness of consonants is typically unmarked.
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In linguistics, voicelessness is the property of sounds being pronounced without the larynx vibrating.
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I like the voicelessness and quasi-repetition.
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More examples
  • Aphonia: a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
  • Whisper: speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
  • Having no voice in the management or control of affairs; "the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness"
  • (voiceless) disenfranchised: deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
  • (voiceless) breathed: uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
  • (voiceless) aphonic: being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
  • (Voiceless) In linguistics, the term voiceless describes the pronunciation of sounds when the larynx does not vibrate. ...
  • (Voiceless) Speech sounds produced without the vibration of vocal folds
  • (Voiceless) A sound whose production does not involve vibration of the vocal chords, as in [p, t, k, f, s].