Juxtaposition
[,dʒʌkstəpə'zɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dʒʌkstəpə'zɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of positioning close together (or side by side); 'it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors'.
(noun.) a side-by-side position.
Checker: Lyman--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.
Typist: Molly
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Proximity, contiguity, contact.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Proximity, contiguity, contact,[See CONTACT]
Typist: Nelda
Definition
n. a placing or being placed near: contiguity.—v.t. Juxtapose′ to place side by side.
Checker: Sigmund
Examples
- For as the very idea of equality is that of such a particular appearance corrected by juxtaposition or a common measure. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- There was something monstrous about him, about his juxtaposition against her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Only in this way can the centrifugal forces set up by juxtaposition of different groups within one and the same political unit be counteracted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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