The author's juxtaposition of the two characters highlights their flaws.
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Juxtaposition
//ˌd͡ʒʌk.stə.pəˈzɪʃ.ən//
Synonyms for "juxtaposition" (69 found)
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26 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- контраст noun (arts: contrasting sounds or colours)
- съпоставяне noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
Catalan
2 entries- juxtaposició noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
- juxtaposició noun (grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together)
Dutch
1 entries- juxtapositie noun (arts: contrasting sounds or colours)
Esperanto
2 entries- kunmeto noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
- nominacio noun (grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together)
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
4 entries- სიახლოვე noun (the nearness of objects with little or no delimiter)
- შედარება noun (grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together)
- შედარება noun (mathematics: absence of operators)
- შედარება noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
German
2 entries- Gegenüberstellung noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
- Juxtaposition noun (mathematics: absence of operators)
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)
- párosítás noun (arts: contrasting sounds or colours)
- szembenállás noun (extra emphasis given to a comparison)
Irish
1 entries- neas-suíomh noun (mathematics: absence of operators)
Portuguese
1 entries- justaposição noun (grammar: absence of linking elements in a group of words that are listed together)
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.
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That last sentence doesn't read well, maybe because of the juxtaposition of a negative and a positive.
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It is really quite a moving juxtaposition to see these great traditions speaking to one another.
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