The juxtapositionof two contrasting objects, images, or ideas is the fact that they are placed together or described together, so that the differences between them are emphasized.
[formal]
This juxtaposition of brutal reality and lyrical beauty runs through Park's stories. [+ of]
Synonyms: proximity, adjacency, contact, closeness More Synonyms of juxtaposition
Examples of 'juxtaposition' in a sentence
juxtaposition
The juxtaposition of two such facts seemed to me auspicious.
Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
The juxtaposition of those two is comprehensible.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The juxtaposition of the two names was probably not accidental.
Glyn Williams VOYAGES OF DELUSION: The Search for the North West Passage in the Age of Reason (2002)
The juxtaposition of the two items suggested a programming muddle.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is hard to imagine a more jarring or tasteless juxtaposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What an interesting juxtaposition of fledgeling popular culture only metres away from chanting mobs of protesters.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
An interesting juxtaposition reared its head yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I enjoyed her juxtaposition of the two main stories of the day and her final paragraph was pure gold.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Why such an odd juxtaposition?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It was an interesting juxtaposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And that juxtaposition is interesting.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
juxtaposition
British English: juxtaposition NOUN
The juxtaposition of two contrasting objects, images, or ideas is the fact that they are put together, so that the differences between them are emphasized.
This juxtaposition of brutal reality and lyrical beauty runs through his stories.
American English: juxtaposition
Brazilian Portuguese: justaposição
Chinese: 并列
European Spanish: yuxtaposición
French: juxtaposition
German: Nebeneinanderstellung
Italian: giustapposizione
Japanese: 並列
Korean: 병치
European Portuguese: justaposição
Latin American Spanish: yuxtaposición
(noun)
The setting has an exciting juxtaposition of shapes.
Synonyms
proximity
families living in close proximity to one another
adjacency
contact
The virus is spread by contact with contaminated surfaces.
closeness
the closeness of the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong
vicinity
nearness
The nearness of the house to the station is an added bonus.
contiguity
propinquity
With the holiday romance, propinquity is all.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of closeness
the closeness of the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong
Synonyms
nearness,
proximity,
handiness,
adjacency
in the sense of contact
Definition
the state or act of touching
The virus is spread by contact with contaminated surfaces.
Synonyms
touch,
contiguity
in the sense of nearness
The nearness of the house to the station is an added bonus.