catachresis meaning in Bengali
শব্দের ভুল
/ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs/
catachresis in Bengali: শব্দের ভুল, বেমানান ব্যবহার. In English, catachresis means a misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
Bengali words for catachresis
- শব্দের ভুল, বেমানান ব্যবহার
English meaning of catachresis
- noun A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
- noun Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
- noun A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.
catachresis in a sentence
- Near-synonym: malapropism (precisely hyponymous, in which sense only absurd and laughable catachreses are malapropisms)
Synonyms of catachresis
- malapropism[Appendix:Glossary
- abusio
Questions about catachresis in Bengali
- What is the meaning of catachresis in Bengali?
- Catachresis in Bengali is শব্দের ভুল, বেমানান ব্যবহার.
- catachresis এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
- Catachresis: শব্দের ভুল, বেমানান ব্যবহার.
- What does catachresis mean in English?
- Catachresis means a misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
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Bengali words from Bengali Wiktionary: catachresis (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: catachresis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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