Bathos - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbeɪθɑːs|  American pronunciation of the word bathos
Brit.  |ˈbeɪθɒs|  British pronunciation of the word bathos

noun

- triteness or triviality of style
- insincere pathos
- a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one (syn: anticlimax)

Extra examples

The serious message of the film is ruined by the bathos of its ridiculous ending.

...a novel that wallows in bathos...

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