bathos Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun triteness or triviality of style
  2. noun insincere pathos
    mawkishness.
  3. noun a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
    anticlimax.

WordNet

Ba"thos noun
Etymology
Gr. depth, fr. deep.
Definitions
  1. (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

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