Sekirov Dictionary

juxtaposition

/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3

noun6

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The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces. — 1809
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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.
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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.
An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
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An absence of operators in an expression.
- A fundamental operation on strings is string concatenation which we will denote by juxtaposition. — 2007
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(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.

verb1

To place in juxtaposition.

forms

juxtapositioned · juxtapositioning · juxtapositions

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