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Definitions of catachresis in various dictionaries:
noun - strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
Strained use of a word or phrase, as for rhetorical effect.
A deliberately paradoxical figure of speech.
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| He gets involved with sarcastic misuse of a word |
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| Apr 12 2003 The Times - Cryptic |
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| strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as blatant' to mean flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: blind mouths') |
| The use of a word in an incorrect way, for example the use of mitigate for militate. |
| The misapplication of a word or phrase, as the use of blatant to mean "flagrant. |
| The use of a strained figure of speech, such as a mixed metaphor. |
| Catachresis description |
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| Catachresis (from Greek κατάχρησις, "abuse"), originally meaning a semantic misuse or error—e.g., using "militate" for "mitigate", "chronic" for "severe", "anachronism" for "anomaly", "alibi" for "excuse", etc.—is also the name given to many different types of figures of speech in which a word or phrase is being applied in a way that significantly departs from conventional (or traditional) usage. |