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pathetic fallacy
DEFINITIONS OF:
pathetic fallacy
1
n
the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy
Type of:
fallacy
,
false belief
a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
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