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Definition of Pathetic fallacy
1. Noun. The fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; 'the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy.
Definition of Pathetic fallacy
1. Noun. An error in logical argumentation which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pathetic Fallacy
Literary usage of Pathetic fallacy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1866)
"ON THE USE OF METAPHOR AND "pathetic fallacy" IN POETRY. ... Yet here, he proceeds,
in metaphor and pathetic fallacy, " is something pleasurable in written ..."
2. Poet Lore (1900)
"RUSKIN'S "pathetic fallacy" AND KEATS'S TREATMENT OF NATURE. HEN I speak of
Keats's treatment of nature, I do not mean by " nature" what Pope or Dante or ..."
3. Selections and Essays by John Ruskin (1918)
"THE pathetic fallacy [Modern Painters, Vol. Ill, Ch. 12.] GERMAN dulness, and
English affectation, have of late much multiplied among us the use of two of ..."
4. Composition for College Students by Joseph Morris Thomas, Frederick Alexander Manchester, Frank William Scott (1922)
"—Stevenson, A Lodging for the Night.1 The pathetic fallacy.—If the writer grasps
this distinction between the direct portrayal of a state of mind and the ..."
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