Synonym: malaprop. Similar words: propitious, malady, malaise, tropical, dismal, property, improper, propose. Meaning: ['mæləprɒpɪzm] 
n. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.
n. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar. 
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1. This is really a kind of malapropism.
2. In spite of his inane malapropisms, he can talk circles around everyone else in the book.
3. There is a malapropism in his paper.
4. Malapropism, a special language phenomenon as well as a kind of rhetoric method, has not yet caused enough attention is rhetoric circles.
5. This paper tries to search translation strategies of malapropism from Chinese to English by analyzing samples.
6. However , the five basic principles set up here on the basis of the theory of information equivalence , are available for translating English malapropism .
7. In fact , I was to say that was only a malapropism , and I was very ugly .
More similar words: propitious, malady, malaise, tropical, dismal, property, improper, propose, properly, proposal, proposed, prophetic, propagate, proportion, proprietor, propensity, proposition, proprietary, appropriate, proportional, appropriately, misappropriate, in proportion to, caprice, capricious, lap, slap, elapse, overlap, impish.