catachresis Meaning and Definition
Urdu Meanings
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تِحریف لَفظی
tahreef lafzi
کَشِیدہ اِستعمال
kasheeda istemaal
غَلط اِستعمال
ghalat istemaal
Definitions
English definition for catachresis
1. n. strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as blatant' to mean flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: blind mouths')
All in One
Catachresis (from Greek κατάχρησις, "abuse"), originally meaning a semantic misuse or error—e.g., using "militate" for "mitigate", "chronic" for "severe", "anachronism" for "anomaly", "alibi" for "excuse", etc.—is also the name given to many different types of figure of speech in which a word or phrase is being applied in a way that significantly departs from conventional (or traditional) usage.
International Languages
Meaning for catachresis found in 14 Languages.
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