Meaning of ANTICLIMAX
| Pronunciation: | | `anti'klImaks
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- [n] a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
- [n] a disappointing decline after ad previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career"
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| | Synonyms: | | bathos |
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| | See Also: | | close, closing, conclusion, downfall, end, ending, fall, story | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An`ti*cli"max\, n. (Rhet.)
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important
and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It
produces a ridiculous effect.
Note: Example:
Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.
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