pathetic fallacy

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   the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy

   Broaderfallacy

Questions about pathetic fallacy

What does pathetic fallacy mean?

pathetic fallacy means "the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy".

Is pathetic fallacy a common word?

pathetic fallacy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.