pathetic fallacy

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

A metaphor which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings.

日本語の意味

無生物や抽象概念に人間のような感情や思考を付与する修辞技法。たとえば、自然現象や物がまるで生命や意志を持っているかのように描写する表現法。

英語の意味

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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The poet's description of the storm as a grieving friend was a clear pathetic fallacy that reflected her own sorrow.

詩人が嵐を嘆く友のように描写したのは、無生物に人間の感情を帰属させる明らかな比喩であり、彼女自身の悲しみを反映していた。

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意味（1）

A metaphor which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings.

Taking, therefore, this wide field, it is surely a very notable circumstance, to begin with, that this pathetic fallacy is eminently characteristic of modern painting. For instance, Keats, describing a wave, breaking, out at sea, says of it Down whose green back the short-lived foam, all hoar, Bursts gradual, with a wayward indolence.

詳細

pathetic fallacies （ plural ）