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- noun Common misspelling of
juxtaposition .
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Examples
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I don't know if it was supposed to be a juxtoposition of the perceived (and reciprocated) grunts and squawks the humans heard out of their beastly conquerors (humans grunted and squawked like monkeys to the refined ears of the Pschlo's too), plus the ripped off from Star Trek Ferrengi monatary-based oligarchy was silly too.
This is the stuff teh interwebs are made of... wendigomountain 2009
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I second the distate for the juxtoposition of MoveOn.
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This low-rent/high-rent juxtoposition can be striking, as with house and mansion, horseplay and chivalry, freedom fries and french fries, and so on.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Can I Borrow a Cup of Déjà Vu? 2009
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I find the juxtoposition of when civil disobedience is permitted to be quite interesting when you entertain both contexts.
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And there is no problem with this juxtoposition as can be seen in this quote (from 2004).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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What they do not talk about is the internal pressure upon the Turkish government by their own secular right-wing nationalist movement that has been growing in juxtoposition to the Islamic influence of their new president, Abdullah Gul. and his ruling party.
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Within this context, I am not interested with the political aspects, and the economy of China is in no way actually run by the workers, so I chose a term that at least to me works best in juxtoposition to capitalism.
How Capitalism Will Give Your Kids Lead Poisoning « Lean Left 2008
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It is also a nice juxtoposition, since the negative stereotypes that demean women because of their bodies are drawn from ancient religious traditions, not from anything secular.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: The Perimeter of Ignorance - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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I found the juxtoposition of the Class 1 vs Class 5 temp graphs to be breathtaking myself.
USHCN Survey Results based on 33% of the network « Climate Audit 2007
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I think there is a interesting theme on this board, with this post and the last post providing a juxtoposition.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Mandatory Jury Service and the Thirteenth Amendment: 2007
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