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Definitions of bathos in various dictionaries:
noun - triteness or triviality of style
noun - insincere pathos
noun - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
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| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| Extreme sentimentality |
| Pathos evokes sympathy; this rhyming word is an unsuccessful attempt at pathos |
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| (especially in a literary work) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous. |
| a sudden change from a beautiful or important subject to a silly or very ordinary one, especially when this is not intended |
| triteness or triviality of style |
| a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one |
| insincere pathos |
| Bathos description |
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| Bathos ( BAY-thoss; Greek: , lit. "depth") is a literary term, coined by Alexander Pope in his 1727 essay "Peri Bathous", to describe amusingly failed attempts at sublimity (i.e., pathos). In particular, bathos is associated with anticlimax, an abrupt transition from a lofty style or grand topic to a common or vulgar one. This may be either accidental (through artistic ineptitude) or intentional (for comic effect). Intentional bathos appears in satiric genres such as burlesque and mock epic. "Bathos" or "bathetic" is also used for similar effects in other branches of the arts, such as musical passages marked ridicolosamente. In film, bathos may appear in a contrast cut intended for comic relief or be produced by an accidental jump cut. |