pathetic fallacy

attribution of human emotion and conduct to non-human things
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pathetic fallacy

Summary

pathetic fallacy is a stylistic device[1]. It draws 271 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #21 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • pathetic fallacy's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • pathetic fallacy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85100138[4].
  • pathetic fallacy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h4bh[5].
  • pathetic fallacy's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[6].
  • pathetic fallacy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/pathetic-fallacy[7].
  • pathetic fallacy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/reification[8].
  • pathetic fallacy's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pathetic fallacy'}[9].
  • pathetic fallacy's FAST ID is recorded as 1896080[10].
  • pathetic fallacy's Quora topic ID is recorded as Pathetic-Fallacy[11].
  • pathetic fallacy's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as pathetic-fallacy[12].
  • pathetic fallacy's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777674429[13].
  • pathetic fallacy's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007538628405171[14].
  • pathetic fallacy's Gujarati Vishwakosh entry is recorded as વૃત્તિમય-ભાવાભાસ[15].
  • pathetic fallacy's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/b1d0f603-0f8a-4ee6-8f84-c9e30869513b[16].

Why It Matters

pathetic fallacy draws 271 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #21 of 107).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). pathetic fallacy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pathetic-fallacy
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pathetic-fallacy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pathetic fallacy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pathetic-fallacy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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