affective fallacy

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noun

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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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Origin of affective fallacy

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby affective fallacy

affectional orientation, affectionate, affectionately, affective, affective disorder, affective fallacy, affective psychosis, affectless, affenpinscher, afferent, affettuoso