The author's juxtaposition of the two characters highlights their flaws.
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Juxtaposition
/ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
Synonyms for "juxtaposition" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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More general
16 entriesanalytic techniqueargument strategyarrangementcomparisonconceptual devicedisplay methodemplacementlocatinglocationplaceplacementpositionpositioningpresentation methodrelationvisual technique
More specific
10 entriescolor juxtapositiondialectical juxtapositionhistorical juxtapositionideological juxtapositionmoral juxtapositionmotion juxtapositionnarrative juxtapositionscale juxtapositiontextual juxtapositionvisual juxtaposition
Collocations
6 entrieseconomic juxtapositiongeographic juxtapositionhistorical juxtapositionnarrative juxtapositiontextual juxtapositionvisual juxtaposition
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- съпоставяне noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Catalan
1 entries- juxtaposició noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Esperanto
1 entries- kunmeto noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Finnish
1 entries- vierekkäin asettelu noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
French
1 entries- juxtaposition noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Georgian
2 entries- სიახლოვე noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
- შედარება noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
German
1 entries- Gegenüberstellung noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
Hungarian
4 entries- egymás mellé állítás/helyezés noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
- egymásmellettiség noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
- szembenállás noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
- szembeállítás noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
Russian
1 entries- бли́зость noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Swedish
1 entries- sida vid sida noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagkakaiba noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The author's juxtaposition of the two characters highlights their differences, but also their similarities.
Source: tatoeba (5598780)
That last sentence doesn't read well, maybe because of the juxtaposition of a negative and a positive.
Source: tatoeba (5630866)
It is really quite a moving juxtaposition to see these great traditions speaking to one another.
Source: tatoeba (11987005)
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