Definition of juxtaposition Juxtaposition

/ʤʌˌkstʌpʌzɪˈʃʌn/ - [jukstupuzishun] - jux•ta•po•si•tion

We found 20 definitions of juxtaposition from 6 different sources.

What does juxtaposition mean?

Noun Plural: juxtapositions
juxtaposition - the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
		apposition, collocation
		positioning, emplacement, locating, placement, location, position military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon
juxtaposition - a side-by-side position
		place, position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"

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juxtaposition (Noun)
The nearness of objects with no delimiter.
juxtaposition (Noun)
An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
juxtaposition (Noun)
Example: mother father instead of mother and father.
juxtaposition (Noun)
An absence of operators in an expression.
juxtaposition (Noun)
Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. a \times b \! collapses to ab\!.
juxtaposition (Noun)
2007, Lawrence Moss and Hans-Jörg Tiede, Applications of Modal Logic in Linguistics, in: P. Blackburn et al eds, Handbook of Modal Logic, Elsevier, p. 1054.
juxtaposition (Noun)
A fundamental operation on strings is string concatenation which we will denote by juxtaposition.
juxtaposition (Noun)
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
juxtaposition (Noun)
Two or more contrasting sounds, colours, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
juxtaposition (Noun)
The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional.
juxtaposition (Noun)
The close placement of two ideas to imply a link that may not exist.
juxtaposition (Noun)
Example: In 1965 the government was elected; in 1965 the economy took a dive.
juxtaposition (Verb)
To place in juxtaposition.

juxtaposition (v. i.)
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words.

juxtaposition
A logical fallacy on the part of the observer, where two items placed next to each other imply a correlation, when none is actually claimed.
juxtaposition
A placing together done in order to compare or contrast.

juxtaposition
juks-ta-pō-zish′un, n. a placing or being placed near: contiguity.—v.t. Juxtapose′, to place side by side. [L. juxta, near, and position.]