juxtaposition
Meaning of juxtaposition
- The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above.
verb
To place in juxtaposition.
Information about juxtaposition
- The plural form of juxtaposition is: juxtapositions.
- Languages in which juxtaposition is used:
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Hyphenation of juxtaposition
jux-ta-po-si-tion
- It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
- juxtaposition is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
juxtaposition synonyms
Meaning apposition:
Translation of juxtaposition
- Italian: giustapposizione
- Spanish: yuxtaposición
- French: juxtaposition
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