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Juxtaposition

Placing two things side by side to show a contrast.

Noun

What it means:

Juxtaposition places two very different things next to each other so that each sharpens our sense of the other.

The scene's power comes from juxtaposition: a child's birthday party in the room next to a hospice bed.

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