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Meanings of anthropomorphic fallacy in English

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"
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The pathetic fallacy is accordingly what originally peoples the imagined world.
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress
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The commission of the pathetic fallacy is the judge's greatest danger.
Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Stu...
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At any rate, the pathetic fallacy certainly provides Mr Cronenberg with a dramatic entrance.
The Irish Times
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Vote for me: I once wrote an essay on Thomas Hardy and the pathetic fallacy!
The Guardian
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In a variation on Ruskin's pathetic fallacy, she contrives a Christmas tree's view of Christmas.
The Irish Times