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MALAPROPISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Synonyms:
malaprop; malapropism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("malapropism" is a kind of...):
misstatement (a statement that contains a mistake)
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