'Juxtaposition' definitions:
Definition of 'juxtaposition'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors" [syn: juxtaposition, apposition, collocation]
noun
A side-by-side position
Definition of 'Juxtaposition'
From: GCIDE
- Juxtaposition \Jux`ta*po*si"tion\ (j[u^]ks`t[.a]*p[-o]*z[i^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L. juxta near + positio position: cf. F. juxtaposition. See Just, v. i., and Position.] A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words. [1913 Webster]
- Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. --Hare. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'juxtaposition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutment,
- abuttal,
- accession,
- addition,
- adjacency,
- adjoiningness,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- affixation,
- agglutination,
- annexation,
- apposition,
- appulse,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- attachment,
- augmentation,
- call-up,
- canvass,
- census,
- collection,
- colligation,
- collocation,
- combination,
- comparison,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congregation,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connection,
- conterminousness,
- contiguity,
- convergence,
- corralling,
- coterminousness,
- data-gathering,
- gathering,
- increase,
- ingathering,
- inventory,
- joining,
- junction,
- mobilization,
- muster,
- perigee,
- perihelion,
- prefixation,
- reinforcement,
- rodeo,
- roundup,
- suffixation,
- superaddition,
- superfetation,
- superjunction,
- superposition,
- supplementation,
- survey,
- syzygy,
- union,
- uniting