Juxtaposition Definition & Meaning

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Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Juxtaposition? [n] the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [n] a side-by-side position Synonyms \| Synonyms for Juxtaposition: apposition \| collocation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Juxtaposition: abutment \| abuttal \| accession \| addition \| adjacency \| adjoiningness \| adjunct \| adjunction \| affixation \| agglutination \| annexation \| apposition \| appulse \| assemblage \| assembly \| attachment \| augmentation \| call-up \| canvass \| census \| collection \| colligation \| collocation \| combination \| comparison \| concourse \| concurrence \| confluence \| conflux \| congregation \| conjugation \| conjunction \| connection \| conterminousness \| contiguity \| convergence \| corralling \| coterminousness \| data-gathering \| gathering \| increase \| ingathering \| inventory \| joining \| junction \| mobilization \| muster \| perigee \| perihelion \| prefixation \| reinforcement \| rodeo \| roundup \| suffixation \| superaddition \| superfetation \| superjunction \| superposition \| supplementation \| survey \| syzygy \| union \| uniting See Also \| emplacement \| locating \| location \| place \| placement \| position \| position \| positioning \| tessellation Juxtaposition In Webster's Dictionary \Jux`taposi"tion\, n. [L. juxta near + positio position: cf. F. juxtaposition. See {Just}, v. i., and {Position}.] A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words. Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. --Glanvill. Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. --Hare.

Juxtaposition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Juxtaposition?

[n] the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
[n] a side-by-side position

Synonyms | Synonyms for Juxtaposition: apposition | collocation

Juxtaposition In Webster's Dictionary

\Jux`ta*po*si"tion\, n. [L. juxta near + positio
position: cf. F. juxtaposition. See {Just}, v. i., and
{Position}.]
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side
by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

      Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition.
                                               --Glanvill.

      Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.
                                               --Hare.

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