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How to pronounce “dislocation”

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Pronunciation guide for dislocation

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of dislocation with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Capitalism Broke the Climate. Now It Can Fix Ithealth inequalities, dislocation of communities.
Definition summary: The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

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Capitalism Broke the Climate. Now It Can Fix It

health inequalities, dislocation of communities.

[Noun]
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
(geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.
The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
(materials science) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
(grammar) A sentence structure in which a constituent that could otherwise be either an argument or an adjunct of a clause occurs outside of and adjacent to the clause boundaries.
(gymnastics, dance) In men's gymnastics, a rotating of the shoulders when performing a backwards turn on the still rings. Many skills in acrobatics appear to involve dislocating a joint, when they actually do not.

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