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MALAPROPISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malapropism mean?
• MALAPROPISM (noun)
The noun MALAPROPISM has 1 sense:
1. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Familiarity information: MALAPROPISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
malaprop; malapropism
Hypernyms ("malapropism" is a kind of...):
misstatement (a statement that contains a mistake)
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