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Meanings of juxtaposition in English

Catalan
juxtaposició

The act of positioning close together (or side by side)

juxtaposició
Usage of juxtaposition in English
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The recent work shows that this juxtaposition is fundamentally flawed, he said.
Reuters
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I talk a bit about language, the juxtaposition of violence and beauty.
The Irish Times
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Every object, juxtaposition and wall text is presented to inspire new ideas.
The Guardian
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You get these two processes in the closest juxtaposition in ordinary life.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
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In any case I can't buy his theories of contrast and juxtaposition.
The Book of Skulls
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Naturally the juxtaposition of events at the moment gave him considerable anxiety.
Marcella
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RP: That juxtaposition really struck me when we were filming the series.
Ebony
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The subjoined facts sprang, as it were, into juxtaposition in his brain:-
Desperate Remedies
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We asked you to share your art on the theme of juxtaposition.
The Guardian
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The juxtaposition of Dea added to the indescribable effect produced by Gwynplaine.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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It was an odd juxtaposition that her friends constantly teased her about.
The apostle
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The figures of Raphael and her father suddenly came into grotesque juxtaposition.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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Nobody seems to mind the juxtaposition of unsightly things and important things.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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The stream is deceptive, possibly because of its juxtaposition with the Niagara.
The day the falls stood still
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On any other hypothesis, it is difficult to account for this juxtaposition.
Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion"
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Like many of Del Toro's creatures, there is a juxtaposition of texture.
The new yorker
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Translations for juxtaposition
Juxtaposition through the time
Juxtaposition across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common