About The Word Anticlimax
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Anticlimax
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What's The Definition Of Anticlimax?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Anticlimax: bathos Related Terms | Find terms related to Anticlimax: See Also | close | closing | conclusion | downfall | end | ending | fall | story Anticlimax In Webster's Dictionary \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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