catachresis

Meaning of catachresis

noun
  1. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
  2. A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.

Information about catachresis

  • It is a name.
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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

Meaning :

misnomer, malapropism

Words that rhyme with catachresis

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