catachresis
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, uncountable) A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
- (countable, especially, often, uncountable) A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
Learned borrowing from Latin catachrēsis, borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis, “misuse (of a word)”).
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