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noun
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strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant'' to mean `flagrant'') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths'')
Type of:
rhetorical device
Semantic Complexity
78%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
1
Times Searched
3
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