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juxtaposition

noun as in adjacency

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Yet in extraordinary times the constant juxtaposition of the banal and the monstrous becomes surreal.

From Salon

In the 2010s, the juxtaposition of tech wealth and visible poverty grew increasingly stark.

From BBC

The brutality of the crimes and the juxtaposition of such violence against the family’s Beverly Hills image turned the case into an international media circus, only rivaled at the time by the O.J.

Their brand of baseball, at least in the eyes of that dragon up the freeway, was rooted in their persona as much as anything; a sharp juxtaposition to the Dodgers’ more subdued, even-keeled approach.

There’s also the juxtaposition of the affluent taking up spaces that have traditionally and stereotypically signaled the opposite.

From Salon

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

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