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BATHOS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A change from a serious subject to a disappointing oneplay

Synonyms:

anticlimax; bathos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bathos" is a kind of...):

close; closing; conclusion; end; ending (the last section of a communication)

Holonyms ("bathos" is a part of...):

story (a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Triteness or triviality of styleplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bathos" is a kind of...):

expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Insincere pathosplay

Synonyms:

bathos; mawkishness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("bathos" is a kind of...):

sentimentality (extravagant or affected feeling or emotion)

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