juxtaposition
- an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- the state of being close together or side by side.
Origin of juxtaposition
Examples from the Web for juxtaposition
Contemporary Examples of juxtaposition
The juxtaposition planted a story of association on websites that touted both men for their talks.
Regardless, The Blood Telegram offers a nuanced yet unflinching look at the juxtaposition of geopolitics and humanitarian crisis.
“I love the juxtaposition between sexy, corset-details and these incredibly beautiful fabrics,” she said.
Her yen for juxtaposition of pretty and ugly, water and tar, public and private, can be seen in the smallest moments.
Is it the juxtaposition of Geordie straightforwardness with lofty intellectualism?
Meet ‘Inspector Lewis’: Kevin Whately on ‘Morse,’ John Thaw, and the End of the SeriesJace Lacob
June 14, 2013
Historical Examples of juxtaposition
It regulated the juxtaposition of sounds and the cadence of sentences.
CratylusPlato
Science and religion are not to be brought into union by a simple process of juxtaposition.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
She has also these iron mines in juxtaposition with coal and all the fluxes.
Logical rules of perspective are negated by rules of juxtaposition.
The Civilization of IlliteracyMihai Nadin
He just leaves us with the juxtaposition of two incompatibles.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyIsaac Husik
Word Origin and History for juxtaposition
juxtaposition
(jŭk′stə-pə-zĭsh′ən)- The state of being placed or situated side by side.