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catachresis
noun
(cat-a-chre-sis)
use of the wrong word for the context
catachresis
noun
(cat-a-chre-sis)
use of a forced and especially paradoxical figure of speech (such as blind mouths)
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rhetorical device
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hysteron proteron
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metalepsis
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figure of speech
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hypallage
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paradiastole
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metonymy
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litotes
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brachylogy
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tralation
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brachyology
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metaphor
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falsism
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euphemism
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agnomination
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dead metaphor
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hyperbole
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mutandis
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ideophone
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polysyndeton
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meronymy
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analogy
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annomination
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antiphrasis
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misnomer
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tralatition
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paraleipsis
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anacoluthon
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hysterology
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tropist
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simile
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adynaton
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holonymy
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anacoluthia
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epiplexis
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content word
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hypernymy
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hypercorrection
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tropology
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polyseme
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argumentum
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phrase
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chiasmus
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misuse
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agnominate
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cacozelia
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tmesis
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apophasis
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pleonasm
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definiendum
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dysphemism
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onomatopoeia
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