catachresis
Meaning of catachresis
noun
- A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
- A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.
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Hyphenation of catachresis
cat-achre-sis
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- catachresis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
catachresis synonyms
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Words that rhyme with catachresis
ascesis, ecesis, phacometecesis, allosyndesis, arthrodesis, asyndesis, autosyndesis, capsulodesis, diapedesis, fasciodesis, iridesis, iridodesis, leukopedesis, metasyndesis, parapedesis, parasyndesis, pedesis, pleurodesis, spondylosyndesis, syndesis, syneidesis, tenodesis, trichomadesis, Parcheesis, deesis, parcheesis, algesis, analgesis, diegesis, eisegesis, energesis, epexegesis, exegesis, exomologesis, hyperalgesis, periegesis, Ecthesis, Lachesis, algesthesis, amylosynthesis, anesthesis, anterolisthesis, anthesis, antimetathesis, antithesis, aphesis, apothesis, apselaphesis, autoprothesis, bioprosthesis
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