catachresis
/ˌkætəˈkriːsɪs/noun
(pl. catachreses /-siːz/ )
- mass noun the use of a word in a way which is not correct, for example the use of mitigate for militate词语误用（如将mitigate用作militate）。
派生词
catachrestic
/-ˈkrestɪk/ adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin, from Greek katakhrēsis, from katakhrēsthai 'misuse', from kata- 'down' （expressing the sense 'wrongly'） + khrēsthai 'use'.