Synonyms for juxtaposition
ˌdʒʌk stə pəˈzɪʃ ənjux·ta·po·si·tion

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1. juxtaposition

   Synonyms:
   proximity, contiguity, contact

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1. juxtaposition, apposition, collocationnoun

   the act of positioning close together (or side by side)

   "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

   Synonyms:
   collocation, apposition

2. juxtapositionnoun

   a side-by-side position

   Synonyms:
   collocation, apposition

Matched Categories

1. • Placement
   • Position

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1. juxtapositionnoun

   Synonyms:
   proximity, contiguity, contact

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1. List of paraphrases for "juxtaposition":

   aggregation

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1. The Dolphin Project:

   While we cannot explain the reason for her behavior, the juxtaposition of a previously-wild orca against the stark backdrop of the park’s performance area is unsettling, to say the least.

2. Helitzer:

   Good humor is a paradox. The unexpected juxtaposition of the reasonable next to the unreasonable.

3. Dr. Henry Gibbons:

   The anatomical juxtaposition of 2 orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction.

4. Alfred North Whitehead:

   I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning , or destroyed it altogether.

5. Kristijan Iličić:

   I wanted to see how some of my friends are coping now under The Taliban rule, there is also always the curiosity to see how the real situation at hand is, in juxtaposition to what we all see and hear in Western media.