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Definition of catachreses:
(n) :
A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
(n) :
(often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
(n) :
(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
Definition of catachreses:
(n) :
A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
(n) :
(often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
(n) :
(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
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