giving something emotion

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dimorphic
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giving something emotion

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I'm trying to remember the term for giving something emotions that doesn't have them. This term was two words.

Example: "It was an angry wind."
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Re: giving something emotion

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This sounds like personification, though that is only one word. There may be another term that escapes me.
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Re: giving something emotion

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Yes, that is basically the right answer.

However, I found what it was I had been thinking of: pathetic fallacy.

Thanks
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