Catachresis

//ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs//

Word Type

Noun

The word "catachresis" can be used as a noun.

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Context

often especially rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

rhetorical device

Type Of (IsA)

rhetorical device

Related Terms

catachresized catachrestic catachrestical catachrestically eggcorn misnomer phantonym

Related Terms

analogical application catachresized catachrestic catachrestical catachrestically denote description figurative metaphor misapplication misuse overextension term trope word wrong

Synonym Network

abusio malapropism misnomer

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