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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bathos \Ba"thos\, n. [Gr. ? depth, fr ? deep.] (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low in writing or speech; anticlimax. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bathos n 1: triteness or triviality of style 2: insincere pathos [syn: {mawkishness}] 3: a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one [syn: {anticlimax}]
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