catachresis

1. Either of two types of misuse of a word or misapplication of a concept.

   (countable, uncountable)A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.

   катахре́заkataxréza

2. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.

   (countable, especially, often, uncountable)Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.

   Near-synonym: malapropism (precisely hyponymous, in which sense only absurd and laughable catachreses are malapropisms)

3. Either of two types of misuse of a word or misapplication of a concept.

   (countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.

   Katachrese

   катахре́заkataxréza

1. What does catachresis mean?

   ruЧто означает катахреза? — Balamax

   deWas bedeutet Katachrese? — Manfredo

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