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单词 juxtaposition
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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

  • juxtapositional

  • 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.
    Synonyms
    comparison, contrast
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