English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• a UK /dʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/

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 juxtaposition. -Glanvill.

   Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. -Hare.

2. An absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together.

   mother father instead of mother and father

3. In the context of "arts|literature": Two or more contrasting sounds, registers, styles etc. placed together for stylistic effect.
4. 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.
5. An absence of multiplication symbols.

   ab instead of a x b

Translations

• Icelandic: hliðsetning , hliðstaða
• Kurdish: berhevdan, dan berhev
• Polish: zestawienie, porównanie

Related terms

• juxtapose
• juxtaposed

References

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465. Music.

• Random juxtaposition, two random objects moving in parallel, a technique intended to stimulate creativity
• Juxtaposition Arts, a youth oriented visual art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Juxtaposition, the third book in Piers Anthony's Apprentice Adept series
• Juxtaposition Magazine, a student run Global Health magazine at the University of Toronto
• Juxtaposition, an all-male student a capella group at Virginia Tech

• Contrast (music)