catachresis
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katakreesi
catachresis englanniksi
A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
(RQ:Langley Rhetoric)