pathetic fallacy
短语n. 感情的误置
词形变化
pathetic fallacies
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pathetic fallacies
释义与例句
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A metaphor which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings.
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词源
Coined by British cultural critic John Ruskin in 1856 in his work Modern Painters. Here, fallacy does not refer to a logical fallacy, but should be understood as a falsehood, something that is untrue, while pathetic here means caused by an excited state of the feelings; thus, emotional misrepresentation, not contemptible illogic.
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