Synonyms for juxtaposition

Grammar : Noun

Spell : juhk-stuh-puh-zish-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒʌk stə pəˈzɪʃ ən

Définition of juxtaposition

Origin : 1660s, from French juxtaposition (1660s), from Latin iuxta "beside, near" + French position (see position (n.)). Latin iuxta is a contraction of *iugista (adv.), superlative of adjective *iugos "closely connected," from stem of iugum "yoke," from iungere "to join" (see jugular).

noun adjacency

Example sentences :

It regulated the juxtaposition of sounds and the cadence of sentences.
Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato

Science and religion are not to be brought into union by a simple process of juxtaposition.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

She has also these iron mines in juxtaposition with coal and all the fluxes.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 » by Various

Logical rules of perspective are negated by rules of juxtaposition.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

He just leaves us with the juxtaposition of two incompatibles.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

The angular fore-part of the rudder, in juxtaposition with the stern-post.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

In "Cacique Caonabo," we have three Mande words in juxtaposition.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various

It was not that he didn't like orphans, he said; it was just that he didn't like them in juxtaposition to me.
Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster

Paula's juxtaposition had the attribute of making him forget everything in his own history.
Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy

The rick and the ploughman are advancing to a juxtaposition.
Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith

Antonyms for juxtaposition

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