juxtaposition
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/ˌdʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
English
Definitions
noun
- The nearness of objects with little or 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.”
verb
- To place in juxtaposition.
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Synonyms
quotationquotecoexistenceapproximationcombinationcompilationsuccessionaggregationrapprochementconfrontationoverlappingoverlapcomparisoncontiguityappositionadjacency