pathetic fallacy
noun
the endowment of nature, inanimate objects, etc., with human traits and feelings, as in the smiling skies; the angry sea.
Origin of pathetic fallacy
coined by John Ruskin in
Modern Painters Vol. III, Part IV (1856)
Words nearby pathetic fallacy
pathbreaking,
pathergasia,
pathergy,
pathet lao,
pathetic,
pathetic fallacy,
pathfinder,
pathfinder prospectus,
pathfinder, the,
pathic,
pathless
British Dictionary definitions for pathetic fallacy
pathetic fallacy
noun
(in literature) the presentation of inanimate objects in nature as possessing human feelings