juxtaposition

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

apposition

collocation

comparison

concatenation

confrontation

contradistinction

contrast

equation

joining

paralleling

placing side by side

putting down together

arrangement in parallel

catenation

collation

Translations

juxtaposition

yuxtaposición

Nebeneinanderstellung

juxtaposició

Juxtaposition

παράθεση

αντιπαράθεση

giustapposizione

berhevdan

dan berhev

juxtapositio

juxtapositie

juxtaposicion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

Etymology

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