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Pathetic Fallacy

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Noun

1. pathetic fallacy

the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pathetic Fallacy

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noun
(in literature) the presentation of inanimate objects in nature as possessing human feelings

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Pathetic Fallacy

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in literature, the attribution of human feelings and characteristics to inanimate things (Ex.: the angry sea, a stubborn door)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pathetic Fallacy

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n.
The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example, angry clouds; a cruel wind.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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