anticlimax
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See also: anticlímax and anti-climax
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪmæks
Noun[edit]
anticlimax (plural anticlimaxes)
- A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
- (narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
- (rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
Synonyms[edit]
- (partial): bathos
Antonyms[edit]
- climax
- (literary): cliffhanger
- (rhetoric): auxesis
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
break in the final climax
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