Vi fant 3 definisjoner av catachresis på engelsk.
Noun |
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| catachresis - strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | ||
| rhetorical device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | ||
Substantiv |
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| catachresis - A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote. | ||
| catachresis - A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope. |