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Bathos

Bathos Meaning & Definition
Bathos Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bathos?

[n] a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
[n] triteness or triviality of style
[n] insincere pathos

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bathos: anticlimax | mawkishness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bathos: 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

See Also | close | closing | conclusion | end | ending | expressive style | sentimentality | story | style

Bathos In Webster's Dictionary

\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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