1. An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
2. The state of being close together or side by side.
(Taken from Dictionary.com)
The act of juxtaposing is to place two objects or word next to each other. When 2 things put side to side, your brain will try to figure out what is the relationship between these two?
What automatically happens is that there is transference of meaning, usually from something familiar to something less familiar. That is when a conflict between our left brain and right brain happens...
Basically, from my understanding, juxtaposition is about comparing two things (usually) side by side, giving the chance for the brain to work something out according to the topic that a person wanted especially on creativity.
Example:
We place the picture of a person next to the picture of a monkey. Automatically we will assume that they share similar characteristics. The transference of meaning will happen in our brains automatically. We will assume that the person is like a monkey or that the monkey is like the person.
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