- In Jacques Derrida's ideas of deconstruction, catachresis refers to the original incompleteness that is a part of all systems of meaning.
- Catachresis can be used both in poetry and prose. In poetry it is used by misusing a phrase or word to deliberately create a mixed metaphor.
- Catachresis: the use of a word in a way that is not correct. ... This catachresis, this misuse of words for proving an ideological point, this manipulation of...
- "Attentive readers will have noticed a lamentable catachresis yesterday when the Wrap referred to some French gentlemen as Galls, rather than Gauls."
- The earliest recorded uses of catachresis date to the mid-16th century, and it has been used to describe (or decry) misuses of a word ever since.
- Catachresis is a rhetorical device that involves the use of an unconventional or strained metaphor, often resulting in a jarring or exaggerated expression.
- In poetry, catachresis is the misapplication of a word or phrase to create a (usually) deliberately strained figure or a mixed metaphor.
- Catachresis can also add a touch of creativity, humor, or emphasis to a communication piece, making it a valuable tool for poets, orators, and advertisers alike.
- Catachresis refers to the use of a borrowed term for something that does not have a name of its own (i.e., as we thus speak of, “legs” of a table or the “foot” of a bed).
- 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.
