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What is it called when inanimate objects are given feelings

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There are a few related terms, but the two most common are:

- Personification — a figure of speech that attributes human qualities, emotions, or actions to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Example: “The old house sighed.” This is the usual term in poetry and prose.

- Anthropomorphism — giving nonhuman things (animals, gods, or objects) fully human characteristics, motives, or behavior (not just a descriptive flourish). Example: the talking, feeling toys in Toy Story.

A related, narrower term is pathetic fallacy — attributing human emotions specifically to nature or the weather (e.g., “the angry sky”).

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