pathetic fallacy

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paˌthetic ˈfallacy noun [uncountable] technical  ALthe idea of describing the sea, rocks, weather etc in literature as if they were human 感情误置〔文学中对大海、石头、天气等的拟人化描述〕

Examples from the Corpus

pathetic fallacy• It was all just like a pathetic fallacy.

paˌthetic ˈfallacy nounChineseSyllable  

describing of idea Corpus sea, the the rocks,

pathetic fallacy
paˌthetic ˈfallacy noun [uncountable] technical
the idea of describing the sea, rocks, weather etc in literature as if they were human

pathetic fallacyBrE /pəˌθetɪk ˈfæləsi/ 🔊NAmE /pəˌθetɪk ˈfæləsi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular] (in art and literature 用于艺术和文学) the act of describing animals and things as having human feelings 拟人谬化（对动物或物体赋予人类感情）