affective fallacy
noun
: the error in literary criticism of judging a work on the basis of its effect on the reader
Word History
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
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- fettucine alfredo
- fettucini
- fettucini alfredo
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- horror
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- horror story
- horror vacui