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When something is adjacent to something else, it lies close to or neighbors it.
An adjunct is something that is added to or joined to something else that is larger or more important.
To agglomerate a group of things is to gather them together without any noticeable order.
An aggregate is the final or sum total after many different amounts or scores have been added together.
When you allude to something or someone, often events or characters from literature or history, you refer to them in an indirect way.
An autonomous person makes their own decisions without being influenced by anyone else; an autonomous country or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself.
If two or more things coalesce, they come together to form a single larger unit.
A coalition is a temporary union of different political or social groups that agrees to work together to achieve a shared aim.
When you collate pieces of information, you gather them all together and arrange them in some sensible order so that you can examine and compare those data efficiently.
If you concatenate two or more things, you join them together by linking them one after the other.
Something is concomitant when it happens at the same time as something else and is connected with it in some fashion.
If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, you combine them in order to produce a single unit.
A confluence is a situation where two or more things meet or flow together at a single point or area; a confluence usually refers to two streams joining together.
Contiguous things are in contact with or near each other; contiguous events happen one right after the other without a break.
If something is contingent upon something else, the first thing depends on the second in order to happen or exist.
When you correlate two things, you compare, associate, or equate them together in some way.
A dissident is someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed.
Something that is divisive is likely to cause arguments between people.
The word homogeneous is used to describe a group that has members or parts which are similar or are all of the same type.
A person or group is nonpartisan when it does not support the ideas of any particular political party or group.
Proximity is how close or near one thing is to another.
A schism causes a group or organization to divide into two groups as a result of differences in their aims and beliefs.
A triptych is a painting or carving made of three related panels hinged together in such a way that the two side panels can be folded over the central one.
Noun
juxtaposition
juhk-stuh-puh-ZISH-uhn
Context
The power of art is sometimes found in the opposing juxtaposition of different images placed side by side. Artists place the delicate with the blunt, juxtapose complex with simple, or mingle joyful and sad. In one artist’s work, the tension between dark and light colors offers a brilliant juxtaposition of contrasting brilliant color and shade. Some galleries insist that artists stand alongside their works during shows, juxtaposing the art and the artist.
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What is juxtaposition?
Placing two things next to each other for comparison.
Presenting a story out of chronological order.
Designing a diverse and exciting display of artistic talent.
JustPosition Next ToJuxtaposition is the positioning of something next to something else just right in order to provide comparison or contrast.
Examples
The rule of juxtaposition, for example, explains that one ingredient will seem tasteless if it is served with another, more tasty ingredient. Conversely, the flavorful ingredient's taste will be sharpened.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Augé has dedicated his career to the art of masonry, taking stones and assembling them into large-scale structures in which he purposely leaves behind empty spaces in each piece to allow the transference of light, creating a juxtaposition of light and dark that changes depending on the location of the sun.
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Smithsonian Magazine
There were also many television appearances that highlighted the juxtaposition of Salvador’s graceful physique and his long face, excitable personality and huge laugh.
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Los Angeles Times
This juxtaposition of public and private people inevitably raises questions about who is and who is not a celebrity and whether celebrities, as such, would exist without glossy pictures by photographers like Leibovitz.
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The Christian Science Monitor
The process of juxtaposition is the “act of placing” one thing “next to or beside” something else.
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Related Words
adjacent+ ·
adjunct ·
agglomerate ·
aggregate ·
allude ·
coalesce ·
coalition ·
collate ·
concatenate ·
concomitant ·
conflate ·
confluence ·
contiguous ·
contingent ·
correlate ·
proximity+ ·
triptych ·
autonomous ·
dissident ·
divisive ·
homogeneous ·
nonpartisan ·
schism ·
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Word Variants
juxtapose
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to place side by side
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