CATACHRESIS

Catachresis

Catachresis is the name of many different types of figure of speech in which a word or phrase vastly has departed from traditional usage.

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catachresis

Noun

  1. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.<ref name="OED"/>
  2. A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.<ref name="OED"/>


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