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. Dr. Henry Gibbons:

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

3. Lois Greenfield:

   He was basically juxtaposing pictures that seemed to tell a story when put side by side, either one dancer's movement led into the other picture or maybe there was a relationship between the dancers' shapes. ... He had a design strategy of pairing images that became very exciting, because the connotation of (one) picture could be expanded by the juxtaposition to another picture.

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. Dejan Stojanovic:

   There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection.