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| 1. | a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax. |
| 2. | insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness. |
| 3. | triteness or triviality in style. |
[Origin: 1630–40; < Gk: depth
]
] —Synonyms 2. maudlinness, tearfulness; mush, gush, schmaltz. 3. insipidity, inanity.
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| ba·thos
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n.
[Greek, depth, from bathus, deep.] |
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bathos
"anticlimax, a descent from the sublime to the ridiculous," 1727, from Gk. bathos "depth," related to bathys "deep;" introduced by Pope. Bathetic (1834) is either erroneously or humorously formed on the model of pathetic.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| bathos | |
noun | |
| 1. | triteness or triviality of style |
| 2. | insincere pathos [syn: mawkishness] |
| 3. | a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn: anticlimax] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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