Pathetic fallacy

[Allison Elena N.]

I would suggest "trogatelnoye zabluzhdenie."
Clearly, fallacy is not "obman". Fallacy is a misconception, a false notion.
"Obman" is deception, it suggests an intention to deceive.
With "pathetic", it is more difficult.
If pathetic here means "touching", as in "pleading, pathetic eyes" then I'd
suggest "trogatelnyi".
If, however, it is more in the line of the modern, more colloquial meaning
of "pathetic", as in: the salad was limp, and the soup was pathetic, then it
would be something like "zhalkyi".
However, "pathetic fallacy" is probably from a philosophy/logic context, so
I'd go with "trogatelnoye zabluzhedenie"

Elena Levintova Allison 
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Depending on the context "zhalkij obman" might work.

Ruby J. Jones
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78713
rubyj at mail.utexas.edu

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> Dear seelangers,
> could you suggest a translation of the term "pathetic fallacy"?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alexander Prokhorov, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Russian
> Film Studies Faculty
> College of William and Mary
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