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Meanings of secondary stress in English

Weaker of two degrees of phonological stress.

Usage of secondary stress in English
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Results: Nurses had low to average compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary stress syndrome.
Pubmed
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Better coping strategies were associated with higher compassion satisfaction and lower levels of secondary stress syndrome.
Pubmed
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Nurses from the surgical cardiovascular ICU scored the highest mean scores on the secondary stress syndrome.
Pubmed
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Vicarious trauma, also known as secondary stress, was a significant contributor, though hard to measure, the survey authors said.
Reuters
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But the thought of the king and his villainies stings him into rage again, and the rhythm slowly rises on three secondary stresses-
The Principles of English Versification
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