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Catachresis

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Catachresises
possessive: Catachresis's
pluralpossessive: Catachresises'

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