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noun 
  1. A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side, often done in order to compare/contrast the two, to show similarities or differences.
Parts that are united by a mere . -Glanvill.
Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. -Hare.
  1. (grammar) An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.
mother father instead of mother and father
  1. (context, literature) A strong contrast in register or style.
  2. (logic) 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.
  3. (mathematics) An absence of multiplication symbols.
ab instead of a times b
  1. (music) An abrupt change of elements.
  2. (context, painting) A contrast in colors and shapes.
  3. (photography) The position of objects one upon the other to create meaning within the viewer's mind.
Translations: 
    Etymology: juxta near + positio position: confer juxtaposition


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