Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words. How many syllables are in the word Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?

So..as to the etymology of the word: It's an extension of sesquipedalian, meaning long word, and adding monstrum, or monster, and hippopotamus, which is intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself, to make the point of it being so long!

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