Ever seen something that just on first sight seemed malevolent to you? Say a doll that felt threatening? A sculpture that made Weeping Angels in Dr. Who seem tame? Your rational side knows it’s just an object but your gut screams threat. Yep there’s a word for that feeling. It is…
Resistentialism – The theory that inanimate objects are hostile to humans; hostility manifested by inanimate objects.
Now I know that sometimes non-threatening objects can be ornery like beads that roll away, or the ball that takes the wrong bounce. When that happens they too are exhibiting a form of resistentialism. So I talk to them, tell them to stay or don’t roll off. It seems to help, if I do it in a friendly manner.
Mary Louise Eklund 
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