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Definition
[n] a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
[n] triteness or triviality of style
[n] insincere pathos
The descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. This expression comes from Pope's satire Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking (1727).
Synonyms
anticlimax, mawkishness
See Also...
close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, expressive style, sentimentality, story, style
Related Terms
anticlimax, bleeding heart, cloyingness, comedown, goo, hearts-and-flowers, heaviness, heaviness of heart, heavy heart, heavyheartedness, maudlinness, mawkishness, mush, mushiness, namby-pamby, namby-pambyism, namby-pambyness, nostalgia, nostomania, overs
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