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catachresis in Spanish

catachresis in Spanish

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