Cryptic crossword clue
Pinochet’s muddled analysis of speech 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PHONETICS

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What does PHONETICS mean?

PHONETICS noun
  1. The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

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