juxtaposition
/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The extra emphasis given to a comparison when the contrasted objects are close together.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To place in juxtaposition.
Example Sentences
- "It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces."
- "Example: mother father instead of mother and father"
- "Using juxtaposition for multiplication saves space when writing longer expressions. a#92;timesb collapses to ab."
- "A fundamental operation on strings is string concatenation which we will denote by juxtaposition."
- "There was a poignant juxtaposition between the boys laughing in the street and the girl crying on the balcony above."
- "The juxtaposition of the bright yellows on the dark background made the painting appear three dimensional."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: iuxtā
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
- British English: /ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/