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juxtaposition

  • /ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ Canada, US, UK
  • /ˌd͡ʒɐk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ Australia
  • /ˌd͡ʒɐk.stə.pəˈzəʃ.ən/ New Zealand

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

noun juxtapositions · juxta-position

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: apposition

  2. countable, uncountable An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together. Example: mother father instead of mother and father

    Similar: apposition

  3. countable, uncountable An absence of operators in an expression. Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. a#92;timesb collapses to ab.

    Similar: apposition

  4. countable, uncountable 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.
  5. countable, uncountable 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.
  6. countable, rhetoric, uncountable 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 juxtapositions · juxtapositioning · juxtapositioned · juxta-position

  1. To place in juxtaposition.

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noun the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter

Françaisjuxtaposition
Русскийбли́зость blízostʹ

noun extra emphasis given to a comparison

DeutschGegenüberstellung

noun grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together

Portuguêsjustaposição

noun mathematics: absence of operators

DeutschJuxtaposition

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@misc{juxtaposition_2026,
  title = {juxtaposition},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/juxtaposition},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}