Definition of catachresis in English:

catachresis

nounPlural catachreses ˌkatəˈkriːsɪsˌkædəˈkrisɪs

mass noun

The use of a word in an incorrect way, for example the use of mitigate for militate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its transformation seems more catachresis than irony, more a twisted similarity than an inversion or negation.
- English and American studies, especially, seemed to be focusing on narrative and drama in ways that excluded from study bizarre and interesting phenomena such as obsessive rhythm and catachresis.

Derivatives

catachrestic

adjective ˌkatəˈkriːstɪkˌkatəˈkrɛstɪk

But these are not, properly speaking, assistants, but are called so only in a catachrestic manner, by a kind of abuse of language, for they are found in reality to be enemies to man.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the narrator's loss of a proper name were catachrestic - a radical misnaming - then we could posit a potential possession of his proper name by virtue of the presupposed latent proper name in the notion of ‘misnaming.’

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai 'misuse', from kata- 'down' (expressing the sense ‘wrongly’) + khrēsthai 'use'.

Definition of catachresis in US English:

catachresis

nounˌkædəˈkrisɪsˌkadəˈkrēsis

The use of a word in a way that is not correct, for example, the use of mitigate for militate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its transformation seems more catachresis than irony, more a twisted similarity than an inversion or negation.
- English and American studies, especially, seemed to be focusing on narrative and drama in ways that excluded from study bizarre and interesting phenomena such as obsessive rhythm and catachresis.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai ‘misuse’, from kata- ‘down’ (expressing the sense ‘wrongly’) + khrēsthai ‘use’.

单词	catachresis
释义	Definition of catachresis in English: catachresis nounPlural catachreses ˌkatəˈkriːsɪsˌkædəˈkrisɪs mass noun The use of a word in an incorrect way, for example the use of mitigate for militate. Example sentencesExamples Its transformation seems more catachresis than irony, more a twisted similarity than an inversion or negation. English and American studies, especially, seemed to be focusing on narrative and drama in ways that excluded from study bizarre and interesting phenomena such as obsessive rhythm and catachresis. Derivatives catachrestic adjective ˌkatəˈkriːstɪkˌkatəˈkrɛstɪk But these are not, properly speaking, assistants, but are called so only in a catachrestic manner, by a kind of abuse of language, for they are found in reality to be enemies to man. Example sentencesExamples If the narrator's loss of a proper name were catachrestic - a radical misnaming - then we could posit a potential possession of his proper name by virtue of the presupposed latent proper name in the notion of ‘misnaming.’ Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai 'misuse', from kata- 'down' (expressing the sense ‘wrongly’) + khrēsthai 'use'. Definition of catachresis in US English: catachresis nounˌkædəˈkrisɪsˌkadəˈkrēsis The use of a word in a way that is not correct, for example, the use of mitigate for militate. Example sentencesExamples Its transformation seems more catachresis than irony, more a twisted similarity than an inversion or negation. English and American studies, especially, seemed to be focusing on narrative and drama in ways that excluded from study bizarre and interesting phenomena such as obsessive rhythm and catachresis. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai ‘misuse’, from kata- ‘down’ (expressing the sense ‘wrongly’) + khrēsthai ‘use’.
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