juxtaposition
/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ verb C2- To place in juxtaposition.
He/she/it juxtapositions · Past juxtapositioned · Past participle juxtapositioned · -ing form juxtapositioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- juxtaposition
- He/she/it
- juxtapositions
- Past
- juxtapositioned
- Past participle
- juxtapositioned
- -ing form
- juxtapositioning
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The tableau was pretty, but the pose and juxtaposition were too eloquent and evident to require explanation.
“Juxtaposition—or you may call it propinquity—or, if you like, being rather too near for one maintaining the position of an ideal.”
He found the count standing before some copies of Albano and Fattore that had been passed off to the banker as originals; but which, mere copies as they were, seemed to feel their degradation in being brought into juxtaposition with the gaudy colors that covered the ceiling.
The juxtaposition of majestic creatures against the backdrop of restrictive concrete enclosures inevitably evokes a profound sense of melancholy and ethical dissonance.
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