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catachresis
([[sanan]]) [[väärä]] [[käyttö]]
katakreesi
väärä käyttö
Definition of catachresis
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
wrong
ly-applied
metaphor
or
trope
.
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