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Noun Concept
Categories: Anthropomorphism, Neologisms, Articles with short description, Figures of speech, Literary criticism
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pathetic fallacy  anthropomorphic fallacy  Anthropomorphism fallacy  Prophetic fallacy
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The fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy WordNet 3.0
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The fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The phrase pathetic fallacy is a literary term for the attribution of human emotion and conduct to things found in nature that are not human. Wikipedia
An over-personification of inanimate objects Wikipedia Disambiguation
Attribution of human emotion and conduct to non-human things Wikidata
The treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thought, or sensations. OmegaWiki
A metaphor which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings. Wiktionary
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fallacy
Rhetorical device
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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pathetic fallacy
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pathetic fallacy
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pathetic fallacy
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pathetic fallacy
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anthropomorphic fallacy, pathetic fallacy
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Anthropomorphic fallacy, Anthropomorphism fallacy, Pathetic Fallacy, Prophetic fallacy

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