juxtaposition

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
2. (countable, uncountable) The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
3. (countable, uncountable) The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
4. (countable, uncountable) The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
5. (countable, uncountable) The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
6. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.

Verb

To place in juxtaposition.

Concepts

juxtaposition

apposition

collocation

confrontation

Synonymes

apposition

collocation

comparison

concatenation

confrontation

contradistinction

contrast

equation

joining

paralleling

placing side by side

putting down together

arrangement in parallel

catenation

collation

Traductions

yuxtaposición

Nebeneinanderstellung

juxtaposició

Juxtaposition

παράθεση

αντιπαράθεση

berhevdan

giustapposizione

juxtapositie

juxtaposicion

justaposição

التراصف

yanyana koyma

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) (from Latin iungō (“to join”)) + French position (“position”) (from Latin pōnō (“to place”)).