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The term you are looking for is personification, which means the giving of physical or human characteristics to ideas, thoughts or inanimate objects. Wonderful beginner examples of personification can be found in William Wordsworth's poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
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What is it called when you give an animal human-like qualities? What is it called when you give an animal humanistic qualities? Giving an inanimate object the qualities of a person or animal? Term for when inanimate objects are given human characteristics?
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Pathetic fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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pathetic fallacy or anthropomorphic fallacy is the treatment of inanimate objects as if they had human feelings, thought, or sensations. The pathetic fallacy is a special case of the fallacy of rei...
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The tens of thousands of English Literature students who received their exam results on Wednesday will know the definition of Pathetic Fallacy. ... It's the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects or phenomena, especially weather. For example, angry clouds; a cruel wind; a vicious night.
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Anthropomorphism, also referred to as personification or prosopopeia, is the attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature, and others. [1] Biblical anthropomorphism is when human characteristics are projected on God. ... This article may reflect the views of certain denominations,
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My lawn mower made me do it!, Psychology. ... Inanimate 1: not animate: a: not endowed with life or spirit b: lacking consciousness anthropomorphic 1: described or thought of as having…human attributes 2: ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things ... Inanimate objects. No life, no consciousness;
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attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or abstractions ... Animals, inanimate objects or abstractions are represented as having human characteristics (behaviour, feelings, character etc.). Personification can make a narration more interesting and lively.
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The attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or deities ... The attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects, or deities. It appears in the mythologies of many cultures and as a literary device in fables and allegories. See also personification.
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