This week’s theme
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This week’s words
morbidezza
vociferate
juxtapose
hawkshaw
quingentenary

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PRONUNCIATION:

(JUHK-stuh-pohz)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To place side by side for comparison or contrast.

ETYMOLOGY:

Back-formation from juxtaposition, from Latin juxta (near, next) + French poser (to place). Ultimately from the Indo-European root yeug- (to join), which is also the ancestor of junction, yoke, yoga, adjust, enjoin, rejoinder, junta, junto, syzygy, jugular, jugulate, subjugate, zeugma, and rejoinder. Earliest documented use: 1851.

USAGE:

“The NRA suggests limiting entry [in schools] to a single point; building a prison-style fence (the report shows a photo of a deficient fence juxtaposed with one that would have made GDR border guards proud); banning greenery outside schools because intruders may hide in trees and bushes or use them to cut through the aforementioned fence; and making do without windows, or only small ones with ballistic protective glass. Front offices should be protected with two sets of automatically locking doors to create an ‘entrapment area’.
“At the end of the report is a draft for a law to allow schools to arm their teachers.”
Brutalism; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 30, 2018.

See more usage examples of juxtapose in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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