Associations to the word «Catachresis»

Wiktionary

CATACHRESIS, noun. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
CATACHRESIS, noun. (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.

Dictionary definition

CATACHRESIS, noun. Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths').

Wise words

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Ray Bradbury