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juxtaposition


(n.) the act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison (The interior designer admired my juxtaposition of the yellow couch and green table.)
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1660s, from French juxtaposition (17c.), from Latin iuxta "beside, very near, close to, near at hand" + French position (see position (n.)). Latin iuxta is a contraction of *iugista (adv.), [..]
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An act of placing things close together or side by side for comparison or contrast. Related: Meret Oppenheim. Object. Paris, 1936 Chance Creations: Collage, Photomontage, and Assemblage Appropriation
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The arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side or in similar narrative moments for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense [..]
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the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" (juxtapose) place side by side; "The fauvi [..]
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juxtaposition


Placing things side by side or close together, often to emphasise similarity or difference.
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The placement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases or words side-by-side for a particular purpose, for example to highlight contrast or for rhetorical effect.
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in a film, the contiguous positioning of either two images, characters, objects, or two scenes in sequence, in order to compare and contrast them, or establish a relationship between them; see also se [..]
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juxtaposition


The act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side.
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juxtaposition


  A position side by side.
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When two things are seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
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the act of placing or positioning items in the image area of a photograph side by side or next to one another to illustrate some comparison.
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juxtaposition


The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter. *,




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