Meaning of BATHOS
| Pronunciation: | | 'beythâs
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- [n] a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
- [n] triteness or triviality of style
- [n] insincere pathos
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| | Synonyms: | | anticlimax, mawkishness |
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| | See Also: | | close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, expressive style, sentimentality, story, style | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ba"thos\, n. [Gr. ? depth, fr. ? deep.] (Rhet.)
A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing
or speech; anticlimax.
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| | 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, oversentimentalism, oversentimentality, pathos, romanticism, sadheartedness, sadness, sentiment, sentimentalism, sentimentality, slop, sloppiness, slush, soap opera, sob story, sweetness and light, tearjerker |
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