Definition of bathos Bathos
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What does bathos mean?
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NounPlural: bathoses |
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| bathos - triteness or triviality of style | ||
| bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | ||
| anticlimax | ||
| close, closing, ending, conclusion, end approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" | ||
| story a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" | ||
| bathos - insincere pathos | ||
| mawkishness | ||
| sentimentality extravagant or affected feeling or emotion | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bathos (Noun)
Depth, bottom. - bathos (Noun)
An abrupt change in style, usually from high to low; an unintended transition of style; an anticlimax. - bathos (Noun)
Triteness; triviality; banality. - bathos (Noun)
Overly sentimental and exaggerated pathos.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bathos (n.)
A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bathos
bā′thos, n. a ludicrous descent from the elevated to the mean in writing or speech.—adj. Bathet′ic, irregularly formed on the analogy of pathos, pathetic. [Gr. bathos, depth, from bathys, deep.]
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🔤- bathos, noun, singular of bathoses.
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