Catachresis — definition

1. catachresis (Noun)

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catachresis (Noun) — Strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as 'blatant' to mean 'flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: 'blind mouths').

1 type of
rhetorical device
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