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Rhetorical misuse of a term
Look up catachresis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Catachresis (from Greek κατάχρησις, 'misuse'), originally meaning a semantic misuse or error,
Catachresis
Logical connective
↔⇔≡⟺ Logical symbols representing iff In logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, "if and only if" (often shortened as "iff") states
If_and_only_if
Phrase that transgresses the rules of grammar
of sentences. English as She Is Spoke Fowler's Modern English Usage Catachresis Disputed English grammar Error (linguistics) Malapropism Prescription
Solecism
2013 book by Mark Forsyth
creative expression. Example: Hamlet saying "I will speak daggers"—a catachresis since one cannot literally "speak a dagger". Emphasizing a point by denying
The_Elements_of_Eloquence
2007 single by Gogol Bordello
their fourth single overall. The title is a deliberate malapropism or catachresis of the word wanderlust. The video consists of footage of Romani people
Wonderlust_King
Deliberate misspelling of a word for special effect
"lead", /liːd/ (as in "lead singer", "lead guitarist", etc.) Cacography Catachresis Eye dialect Inventive spelling, the use of unconventional spellings in
Sensational_spelling
Form of literature
have pushed rhetorical devices to their limits, making frequent use of catachresis. Allegorical stories are central to the poetic diction of many cultures
Poetry
Wordplay in Black American communities; emphasizes connotation over literal meaning
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
Signifyin'
Ascribing an impossible property to a thing
experience. Apples and oranges – Comparing items that cannot be compared Catachresis – Rhetorical misuse of a term Colorless green ideas sleep furiously –
Category_mistake
British television personality (born 1987)
"as a 'stretch', a way of testing expressive limits, that is a form of catachresis". Pattison was in Cancun, Mexico, during the third series where, during
Vicky_Pattison
2001 studio album by Autechre
"Sim Gishel" 7:14 5. "Parhelic Triangle" 6:03 6. "Bine" 4:41 7. "Eidetic Casein" 6:12 8. "Uviol" 8:35 9. "Lentic Catachresis" 8:29 Total length: 62:00
Confield
Argentine artist
sense, when we talk about the world, it's always in metaphors." Pica's Catachresis merges distinct and contrasting found materials, such as the leg of a
Amalia_Pica
Misuse of a word
to be so happy he’ll be like a canary in a coal mine!" Anti-proverb Catachresis Error (linguistics) Freudian slip Homonym Johnny Dangerously Leo Gorcey
Malapropism
Figure of speech
distinct worlds and levels, among which unorthodox transgression occur. Catachresis Metonymy Kenning (traditional form of metalepsis) Joseph Hardy Towne;
Metalepsis
Figure of speech of implicit comparison
ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences. Catachresis: A mixed metaphor, sometimes used by design and sometimes by accident
Metaphor
Problem in philosophy
incorrectly used, as in the case of mistakenly using decimated for devastated (catachresis)? Do two or more different concepts share the same word, as in the case
Essentially_contested_concept
Deliberate misspelling for comic effect
unrelated word.[citation needed] Satirical misspelling Sensational spelling Catachresis Gaffe Corruption (linguistics) Eye dialect Teh Lolcat Tiopês Surenne
Cacography
Topics referred to by the same term
"Just in Case", a song by Jaheim from Ghetto Love, 2001 "Just in case" (catachresis), a phrase used by some philosophers to denote "if and only if" Just
Just_in_Case
Canadian artist (born 1982)
social binaries. Wellmann approaches their paintings with "painterly catachresis" which she describes as a process to deliberately use a word, image,
Ambera_Wellmann
evoke genial rather than derisive laughter. carmen figuratum carpe diem catachresis The misapplication of a word, especially in a mixed metaphor. catalect
Glossary_of_literary_terms
Ancient Latin book on rhetoric
when a whole point is understood when only a small part is addressed. Catachresis is the use of an inexact but similar word in place of the proper one
Rhetorica_ad_Herennium
Overview of the Chinese encyclopedia culture
call a comprehensive treatment of one subject an "encyclopaedia" is a catachresis known already in medieval China, where the term leishu, properly a collection
Chinese_encyclopedia
goodwill of the recipient or hearer, as in a letter or in a discussion. Catachresis – the inexact use of a similar word in place of the proper one to create
Glossary_of_rhetorical_terms
Award
phenomenon of displacement or substitution that is best characterized as catachresis. At the award ceremony in Stockholm on 10 December 2003, Per Wästberg
2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
2003_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
American classical composer (born 1955)
Pour un Tombeau d'Anatole, for voice, saxophones, and percussion (1984) Catachresis, for soprano and chamber orchestra (1987) La Tristesse de la lune (text:
Gérard_Pape
1947 Ghanada story by Premendra Mitra
Hiradhar, Preet (13 February 2012). "The Insectesimal tall tale: Historical catachresis and ethics in the science fiction of Premendra Mitra". Journal of Postcolonial
Nuri_(story)
Hungarian scientist
Unthought: Catachresis in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry”. The Emily Dickinson Journal, 21.1 (Spring 2012). 25–56. “Circumference & Co.: Catachresis as the Trope
Enikő_Bollobás
Maya Angelou's poetic works
through literary imagery, denser vocabulary, and poetic techniques such as catachresis, ambiguity, and anthropomorphism. Angelou's use of language frees her
Poetry_of_Maya_Angelou
Comic, typically anonymous, ribald French tale (1150-1400)
are obsessed with wordplay." Especially important are paranomasia and catachresis, tropes which disrupt ordinary signification and displace ordinary meanings—by
Fabliau
Occitan blood dish
seen as worthless byproduct. Sanquette (also sanquetto) as jargon is a catachresis used in rugby football to describe a dynamic player. It features in the
Sanquette
Psychological term
it is said to be solecistically extended. Malapropisms, solecism and catachresis are examples of this. Skinner notes things like serial order, or conspicuous
Tact_(psychology)
literature. Highly metaphoric adjective use, for example, can, through catachresis, become a common "poetic" word (e.g. the "rosy-fingered dawn" found in
Poetic_diction
Medical condition
pathogenesis has been detected, it is the intention of the authors to avoid catachresis and the application of archaic language (Marcus S, The George Delacorte
Infectious intracranial aneurysm
Infectious_intracranial_aneurysm
British writer (born 1977)
Eloquence outlines 38 rhetorical figures (e.g., hyperbole, epizeuxis, catachresis) that, according to Forsyth, can be learned by almost anybody. Forsyth
Mark_Forsyth
1945 Ghanada short story by Premendra Mitra
Atanu; Hiradhar, Preet (2018). "The Insectesimal tall tale: Historical catachresis and ethics in the science fiction of Premendra Mitra". Journal of Postcolonial
Mosha_(story)
1726 short essay by Alexander Pope
the Magnifying and Diminishing Figures. Among the figures covered are: Catachresis. The nearest model for Pope's essay is the Treatise of the Sublime by
Peri Bathous, Or the Art of Sinking in Poetry
Peri_Bathous,_Or_the_Art_of_Sinking_in_Poetry
Fictional character
Atanu; Hiradhar, Preet (2018). "The Insectesimal tall tale: Historical catachresis and ethics in the science fiction of Premendra Mitra". Journal of Postcolonial
Ghanada
LGBTQ film festival in China
List of LGBT film festivals Hongwei Bao (16 February 2017). "Queer as Catachresis: The Beijing Queer Film Festival in Cultural Translation". Chinese Film
Beijing_Queer_Film_Festival
Spelling bee held in the United States in 2013
panjandrum sciomancy lefse doryline Spenglerian myelogenous einkanter catachresis trichocercous envoûtement sansculottic lebensraum emmeleia transrhenane
86th Scripps National Spelling Bee
86th_Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee
Australian philosopher (1916–2006)
Philosophy of Language Conceptual metaphor Mind-Body Dualism Naturalism Catachresis Portals: Biography Philosophy Paul J. Olscamp. In Memoriam: Colin Murray
Colin_Murray_Turbayne
1948 GhanaDa story by Premendra Mitra
Hiradhar, Preet (13 February 2012). "The Insectesimal tall tale: Historical catachresis and ethics in the science fiction of Premendra Mitra". Journal of Postcolonial
Ghari_(story)
1995 book by Helena Maria Viramontes
ISSN 0038-1861. S2CID 165470498. Huehls, Mitchum (2007). "Ostension, Simile, Catachresis: Misusing Helena Viramontes's "Under the Feet of Jesus" to Rethink the
Under_the_Feet_of_Jesus
American theologian
expression to supplement ideas lacking in language. In other words, "catachresis", the inappropriate use of a word or figure of speech that keeps the
Charles_Winquist
1948 GhanaDa novel by Premendra Mitra
Hiradhar, Preet (13 February 2012). "The Insectesimal tall tale: Historical catachresis and ethics in the science fiction of Premendra Mitra". Journal of Postcolonial
Poka_(story)
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Surname or Lastname
English (Cumbria)
English (Cumbria) : variant of Irvin.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Basic, Foundation
Girl/Female
Irish
Deer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Scarborough.
Girl/Female
Hindu
A kind of flower
Boy/Male
Sikh
Imbued with the Love of soul
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Righteous Life
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Son of Satrughna
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Measured; Moderate
Boy/Male
Polish
farmer'.
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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 against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
a.
Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.