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catachresis noun distortion, exaggeration, false collring, false construction, false reading, garbling, incorrect usage, misapplication, misapprehension, miscitation, misconstruction, misexplanation, misexposition, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misrepresentation, mistake, mistranslation, misunderstanding, misusage, strained sense, wrong interpretation, wrong usage

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distortion exaggeration false construction garbling incorrect usage misapplication misapprehension miscitation misconception misconstruction misexplanation misexposition misinterpretation misjudgment misquotation misreading misrepresentation mistake mistranslation			If that sounds paradoxical, it is consistent with the oxymoron or catachresis in the title he gave his third film: Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74). Immanent domain: P. Adams Sitney on the films of Peter Hutton by Sitney, P. Adams / Artforum International In arguing that both interpretations provide correct readings of the text, I hold the view that enclosed in Zollner's catachresis lies the ambiguity of witchcraft itself: victim as culprit, disenchanter as magician, magician as disenchanter, culprit as victim. Academic communication as witchcraft: spiritualism vs. modern ... by Kummel-Schnur, Albert / ArtUS Willynilly, through thousands of voyages both real and imaginary, a more expansive world was diced, repackaged, and sold piecemeal, in artful catachresis, macaronic jibes, publicity stunts, and zany antics. "I care not, let naturals love nations": cosmopolitan clowning by Brown, Pamela Allen / Shakespeare Studies			castigatio castigation castigatory casting away casting of ballots casting out Casting vote castoff casual Casual ejector casualness casualties casualty casualty loss casuistic casuistical casuistry Casuproviso casus Casus Belli casus foederis Casus foedoris Casus fortuitus Casus fortuitus non est sperandus Casus omissus catachresis cataclysm cataclysmal cataclysmic Catalla juste possessa amitti non possunt Catalla repuntantur inter minima in lege catalog catalogue Catalogue fraud charge catalogue of persons catalyst catapult cataract catastrophe catastrophic catastrophical catch catch a glimpse of catch again catch by artifice catch by perfidy catch fire catch phrase catch sight of catch the attention catch the eye			catabolite catabolite Catabolite activator protein Catabolite activator protein Catabolite Control Protein A catabolite gene activator protein catabolite repression catabolites catabolites catabolites catabolize catabolize catabolize catabolized catabolized catabolized catabolizes catabolizes catabolizing catabolizing Catacala Catacana Catacana Catacaustic Catachism Catachism catachosis catachreses catachreses catachreses catachresis catachrestic catachrestic catachrestic catachrestical catachrestical catachrestical catachrestically catachrestically catachrestically catachronobiology Cataclasis Cataclasis Cataclasite Cataclasm Cataclastic Cataclastic cataclastic metamorphism cataclastic rock cataclastic structure cataclinal cataclysm cataclysm cataclysm cataclysmal cataclysmal cataclysmal cataclysmic cataclysmic cataclysmic Cataclysmic Binary

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