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Anticlimax

Anticlimax Meaning & Definition
Anticlimax Definition And Meaning

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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