strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
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catachresis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | rhetorical device |
| Derivation | catachrestic, catachrestical |
Examples of catachresis
catachresis
Catachresis is often used to convey extreme emotion or alienation.
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In Jacques Derrida's ideas of deconstruction, catachresis refers to the original incompleteness that is a part of all systems of meaning.
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In a similar way, words that are imposed upon a people and are deemed improper thus denote a catachresis, a word with an arbitrary connection to its meaning.
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