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catachresis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Catachresis (from Gr**** κατάχρησις, "misuse"),
originally meaning a
semantic misuse or error,...
- ↔⇔≡⟺
Logical symbols representing iff In
logic and
related fields such as
mathematics and philosophy, "if and only if" (often
shortened as "iff") is...
- of sentences.
English as She Is
Spoke Fowler's
Modern English Usage Catachresis Disputed English grammar Error (linguistics)
Malapropism Prescription...
-
sailed through rougher storms than the
tempest of
these lobbyists."
Catachresis – A
metaphor that is or can be a
stretch for an
audience to
catch on...
- lead)
rather than the
other pronunciation of "lead", /liːd/.
Cacography Catachresis Eye
dialect Inventive spelling, the use of
unconventional spellings in...
- have
pushed rhetorical devices to
their limits,
making frequent use of
catachresis.
Allegorical stories are
central to the
poetic diction of many cultures...
- and metalepsis. To this list we
could easily add aporia, chiasmus, and
catachresis, all of
which are used in the
ritual of Signifyin(g)." Rudy Ray Moore...
-
underlying biological processes which generate experience.
Apples and
oranges Catachresis Colorless green ideas sleep furiously Not even
wrong Synecdoche Type...
- so
happy he’ll be like a
canary in a coal mine!" Anti-proverb
Bushism Catachresis Chernomyrdinka Colemanballs Dundrearyism Error (linguistics) Freudian...
- for to be verified."
Aesopian language Business speak Cant (language)
Catachresis Code word (figure of speech)
Cognitive dissonance Corporate lingo Dog-whistle...
