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juxtaposition

noun as in adjacency

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On the opposite wall in the basement of the museum, a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is on display in juxtaposition.

From BBC

The narrative is paced by startling juxtapositions between the carnage of destroyed villages and the peaceful natural beauty of the nearby countryside.

The result was fully in character, photographed in murky black-and-white for a worldwide online audience, and layered with Lynchian imagery and juxtapositions: smoke, fire, strange objects and dead animals superimposed over the band.

It was a stark juxtaposition to the complete disarray at the Capitol in 2021.

From Salon

She’s dressed for a photo shoot in a neat black suit, a juxtaposition to Leigh’s crumpled fleece vest that only makes their dynamic that much more entertaining.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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