noun
The act or an instance of juxtaposing or the state of being juxtaposed.
Related Forms:
- jux′ta·po·si′tion·al
adjective
noun
Juxtaposition is defined as the act of placing two things side by side for comparison.
An example of a juxtaposition is the placing of baby blue and sky blue next to each other to see how they differ.
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Noun
(plural juxtapositions)
- The nearness of objects with no delimiter.
- The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
- There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.
- (art) Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
- The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.
- (rhetoric) The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
- Example: In 1965 the government was elected; in 1965 the economy took a dive.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present juxtapositions, present participle juxtapositioning, simple past and past participle juxtapositioned)
- To place in juxtaposition.
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Sentence Examples
- Nothing new comes or can come into being; the only change that can occur is a change in the juxtaposition of element with element.
- Among these the most conspicuous are the theatres, of which there were two, placed, as was usual in Greek towns, in close juxtaposition with one another.
- It has been a juxtaposition of separate and generally hostile peoples in territories bound under one rule by the military sway of a dominant race.
- The juxtaposition of the contrasting colors made the artwork stand out from the rest.
- Going from snowy Alaska to sunny Hawaii on the same trip made for an odd juxtaposition during the family's vacation.
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WORDS NEAR juxtaposition IN THE DICTIONARY
- juxtaposition
- juxtaposing
- juxtaposit
- juxtaposited