How many syllables in survival?

There are 3 syllables in the word survival.

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Definition of survival:

survival (noun):: a state of surviving; remaining alive.; the condition of having survived something; the act or fact of living or continuing longer than another person or thing

Synonyms for survival:

endurance viability existence animation selection life living persistence subsistence

Antonyms for survival:

death dying termination oblivion demise passing annihilation curtains eradication mortality

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