juxtaposition
noun/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/CA/ˌd͡ʒɐk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
Etymology
Borrowed from French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) (from Latin iungō (“to join”)) + French position (“position”) (from Latin pōnō (“to place”)).
- derived from iuxtā
- borrowed from juxtaposition
Definitions
The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
- It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.
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.
To place in juxtaposition.
The neighborhood
- neighborjuxtapose
- neighborjuxtaposed
- neighborjuxtapositive
- neighborposition
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for juxtaposition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA