The treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thought, or sensations.
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Examples for "pathetic fallacy"
Examples for "pathetic fallacy"
1The pathetic fallacy is accordingly what originally peoples the imagined world.
2The commission of the pathetic fallacy is the judge's greatest danger.
3At any rate, the pathetic fallacy certainly provides Mr Cronenberg with a dramatic entrance.
4Vote for me: I once wrote an essay on Thomas Hardy and the pathetic fallacy!
5In a variation on Ruskin's pathetic fallacy, she contrives a Christmas tree's view of Christmas.