What does catachresis mean?
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Catachresis
//ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs//
Synonyms for "catachresis" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
Related word relations
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
7 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
24 translations across 16 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- catacresi noun (misuse of a word)
Esperanto
1 entries- katakrezo noun (misuse of a word)
Finnish
2 entries- (sanan) väärä käyttö noun (misuse of a word)
- katakreesi noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
French
2 entries- catachrèse noun (misuse of a word)
- catachrèse noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
German
1 entries- Katachrese noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
Italian
1 entries- catacresi noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
Japanese
1 entries- 濫喩 noun (misuse of a word)
Latin
1 entries- catachresis noun (misuse of a word)
Norwegian
1 entries- katakrese noun (misuse of a word)
Occitan
2 entries- catacrèsi noun (misuse of a word)
- catacrèsi noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
Polish
2 entries- katachreza noun (misuse of a word)
- katachreza noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
Portuguese
2 entries- catacrese noun (misuse of a word)
- catacrese noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
Russian
2 entries- катахре́за noun (misuse of a word)
- катахре́за noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
Sicilian
2 entries- catacrisi noun (misuse of a word)
- catàcrisi noun (misuse of a word)
Spanish
2 entries- catacresis noun ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope)
- impropiedad léxica noun (misuse of a word)
Swedish
1 entries- katakres noun (misuse of a word)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
A Catachresis terms abused receives, And epithets and attributes improper gives.
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