Definition of juxtaposition in English:
juxtaposition
noun ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)nˌdʒəkstəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
the juxtaposition of these two images
Example sentencesExamples
- A kind of levelling has taken place, in which works co-exist in democratic if sometimes odd juxtapositions.
- Note the coincidental juxtaposition of these two Summer-themed songs.
- The magazine had a history of such juxtapositions.
- Another interesting thread is the juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary practice.
- Such are the juxtapositions of this holiday season.
Synonyms
comparison, contrast
proximity, nearness, closeness
Linguistics collocation, colligation
rare contiguity
Derivatives
adjective
In a culturally plural world, subjectivity and intersubjectivity have an accommodating, juxtapositional complexity that binary distinctions misrepresent.
Example sentencesExamples
- At the most literal level, a juxtapositional diction and syntax are primary to her poetics.
- It is essentially a juxtapositional art and can arise from cut-up, chance procedures or collage techniques, though it is not exclusive to any of these.
- Herman's juxtapositional method usually helps her to ground ethical concerns in analyses of how difference and affiliation could be conceived in the period and thus to avoid reducing modernist community to a proleptic postmodernism.
- Search out the remarkable ‘Still Life’ on the right wall and marvel at the adventurous use of juxtapositional colour: reds and pinks and greens that only a master can get away with.
Definition of juxtaposition in US English:
juxtaposition
nounˌjəkstəpəˈziSH(ə)nˌdʒəkstəpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n
The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
the juxtaposition of these two images
Example sentencesExamples
- A kind of levelling has taken place, in which works co-exist in democratic if sometimes odd juxtapositions.
- Another interesting thread is the juxtaposition of traditional and contemporary practice.
- Such are the juxtapositions of this holiday season.
- Note the coincidental juxtaposition of these two Summer-themed songs.
- The magazine had a history of such juxtapositions.