• The catachresis is a figure of speech that it represents a kind of metaphor in common usage that, over time, has been eroded and crystallized.
  • Catachresis, as a literary device, involves the deliberate and strained use of a word or expression in a manner that deviates from its conventional meaning.
  • It is a figure in which a word is (wrongly) used in a sense that does not belong to it.
  • Writers use catachresis for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, it is used in order to create new and original-seeming images and comparisons.
  • Kelime ve terimleri çevir ve farklı aksanlarda sesli dinleme. catachresis kaydırmaca catachresis sözü yanlış kullanma ne demek.
  • While the author may have appeared to use a word inappropriately, when done effectively catachresis is used to create novel comparisons and descriptions.
  • Catachresis, n. Improper use of words; application of a term to a thing which it does not properly denote; abuse or perversion of a trope or metaphor.
  • Catachresis. Definition: (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms...
  • Catachresis is a literary term that refers to the use of a word or phrase in a way that is not correct, appropriate, or in line with its traditional meaning.
  • Catachresis — (from Greek polytonic|κατάχρησις ), which literally means the incorrect or improper use of a word, is a term used to denote the (usually intentional)...