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catachresis in Finnish

catachresis in Finnish

(sanan) väärä käyttö
noun
A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
katakreesi
noun
(rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
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