Meaning Of The Word Pathetic fallacy
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Pathetic fallacy Meaning
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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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