07102034-n 'strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')';
 
Chinese (simplified) 字 或 比喻 的 误用 , 字或比喻的误用 , 牵强附会
English catachresis ( ⊳ ⊳ )
Italian catacresi
Japanese 誤用
Definitions
English
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
Japanese
語句の不自然または矛盾した使用法で、誤って（「香りのよい」の意味で「騒々しい」を使うなど）あるいは不適切に（「盲いた口」のような混喩など）使うもの
Relations
Hypernym: rhetorical_device
Semantic Field: communicationn
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