affective fallacy

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a proposition in literary criticism that a poem should be analyzed and described in terms of its own internal structure and not in terms of the emotional response it arouses in the reader.

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Origin of affective fallacy

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby affective fallacy

affectional, affectional orientation, affectionate, affective, affective disorder, affective fallacy, affective psychosis, affectless, affenpinscher, afferent, afferent fiber

Example sentences from the Web for affective fallacy

In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Studies show seasonal affective disorder is four times more common in women than men.
9 Ways to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder|DailyBurn|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity.
The Vatican's Same-Sex Synod: The Bishops Hear About Reality. Do They Listen?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Every time the thermometer drops, another anti-science politician mocks climate change as a fallacy.
From Snowy Atlanta to Sunny Sochi, It's All About Global Weirding|Scott Bixby|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But here he falls victim to a prevalent fallacy: the confusion of means with ends.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process|Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
An underlying fallacy of Socialism is the concept that poverty or at least extreme poverty, can be banished from the world.
The Inhumanity of Socialism|Edward F. Adams
I remark only the fallacy of reasoning from a wide average, to cases necessarily differing greatly from any average.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
A fallacy of misobservation may be either negative or positive; either Non-observation or Mal-observation.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
By the last clause I presume is meant, that it is not susceptible of any other proof; for otherwise, there would be no fallacy.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
This is a fallacy of overlooking; or of non-observation, within the intent of our classification.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill

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