Meaning Of The Word Pathetic fallacy

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Pathetic fallacy Meaning

Pathetic fallacy Definition
Pathetic fallacy Definition

What's The Definition Of Pathetic fallacy?

pathetic fallacy in American English
in literature, the attribution of human feelings and characteristics to inanimate things (Ex.: the angry sea, a stubborn door)
the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea

pathetic fallacy in British English
noun: (in literature) the presentation of inanimate objects in nature as possessing human feelings

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