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Apposition

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apposition"

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Word	Definition
parallelismnoun	The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
noun adjunctnoun	(grammar) A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word or a compound noun or noun phrase.
attributive nounnoun	(grammar) Synonym of noun adjunct (“a noun that modifies another noun attributively”).
noun modifiernoun	(grammar) Synonym of noun adjunct.
juxtapositioningnoun	An act of juxtaposition.
adjunctive	Additional; neither basic nor primary.
conjunctnoun	(logic, linguistics) Either term of a conjunction.
conjugatenoun	(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
apokoinounoun	(rhetoric) A blending of two sentences through a common word which has two syntactic functions, one for each of the sentences. The word common to both sentences is often a predicate object in the first and a subject in the second.
complementationnoun	(grammar) The relationship of a phrase to its predicate
adnominationnoun	A form of wordplay in which phonetically similar words are juxtaposed.
comparisonnoun	The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
analogynoun	A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
object complementnoun	(grammar) A complement which is coupled to an object.
juxtaposingverb	An act of juxtaposition.
synonymnoun	(semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
incorporationnoun	The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
notional opposite	—
juxtapositionnoun	The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
ambipositionnoun	(linguistics) An adposition that can occur either before or after its complement.