pathetic fallacynoun [ U or S ]
uk/pəˌθet.ɪk ˈfæl.ə.si/us/pəˌθet̬.ɪk ˈfæl.ə.si/specializedthe use by a writer or poet of words that give human feelings or qualities to objects, nature, or animals, for example by referring to the "cruel sea"
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Figurative use of language
- a metaphor for sth idiom
- allegory
- allusion
- as
- as it were idiom
- fig
- figurative
- figuratively
- figure of speech
- imagery
- ironic
- irony
- metaphor
- metaphorical
- metonymy
- mix
- mix your metaphors idiom
- mixed metaphor
- speak
- symbol
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