| 单词 | pathetic fallacy |
| 释义 | pathetic fallacy (once / 85032 pages) n Pathetic fallacy is attributing human feelings to inhuman things. If you describe a storm cloud as “angry” or a strong wind as “vengeful,” that’s pathetic fallacy. A fallacy is a type of mistake, especially an illogical one. The word pathetic can refer to things that involve emotion. The pathetic fallacy is the illogical act of saying that something inhuman has emotions. Although the pathetic fallacy is a kind of flawed logic, that doesn’t mean you should avoid it. Poets use pathetic fallacy all the time in phrases like “the wise moon” or “the generous sun.” WORD FAMILYpathetic fallacy: pathetic fallacies USAGE EXAMPLESThe whole landscape is grey and dark with pathetic fallacy, as though you have been transported to a 19th-century novel. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) “There’s a patronizing word for that: the ‘pathetic fallacy,’ ” she says. The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016) It deploys the pathetic fallacy promiscuously, dipping heartwarming scenes in honeyed light, and turning on the rain spigot during a fraught confrontation. New York Times(Sep 19, 2016) n the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy Hyper fallacy, false belief a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning |
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