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Catachresis (n.) happens ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in its political form when the less than human speaks as human, gender is displaced, and kinship founders on its own founding laws.

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Catachresis (n.) shows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a term signifying beyond its conventions when perpetual for loves without institutional sanction — and takes its toll on a life by depriving it of ontological certainty and durability.