Bathos definitions

Bathos

1) Anticlimax 2) Crocodile tears 3) Expressive style 4) Insincere compassion 5) Insincere sentimentality 6) Maudlinism 7) Mawkishness 8) Mush or gush 9) Schmaltz 10) Sentimentalism 11) Sentimentality 12) Style
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Bathos

1) Goo 2) Mawkishness 3) Sorrow
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bathos

1. triteness or triviality of style
2. insincere pathos
3. a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

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Bathos

Bathos (s; Greek βάθος, meaning `depth`) is an abrupt transition in style from the exalted to the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect. While often unintended, bathos may be used deliberately to produce a humorous effect. If bathos is overt, it may be described as Burlesque or mock-heroic. It should not be confused with pathos, a mode .....
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bathos

appearance of the commonplace in elevated matter for rhetorical effect
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bathos

Alexander Pope's Peri-Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry (1728) describes bathos as a poet's fall, in a work of some seriousness, into an unintentionally comic pathos.
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Bathos

• (n.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
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bathos

(from Greek bathys, `deep`), unsuccessful, and therefore ludicrous, attempt to portray pathos in art, i.e., to evoke pity, sympathy, or sorrow. The ...
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Bathos

anti-climax, designed to shock or amuse. e.g. The Queen stepped graciously out of her gleaming limousine, walked up the red carpet in suitably regal style--then gave a huge yawn, bored with the day's proceedings. (The reader has been built up to expect one type of serious, ceremonial atmosphere but this anticipation is deflated with reference to th...
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Bathos

(Grk, 'depth') Not to be confused with pathos, bathos is a descent in literature in which a poet or
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Bathos

Alexander pope's peri-bathous, or the art of sinking in poetry (1728) describes bathos as a poet's f
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Bathos

Ba'thos (bā'thŏs) noun [ Greek ba`qos depth, from baqy`s deep.] (Rhet.) A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.
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Bathos

The descent from the sublime to the ridiculous. This expression comes from Pope's satire Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking (1727).
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bathos

[n] - triteness or triviality of style
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bathos

bathos (Greek) Depth. Literally 'depth', but figuratively 'dull' or 'inane', generally to a ludicrous degree. The term has been misused with pathos, which is something entirely different: the Greek pathos, like the Latin passio, means 'suffering', and a pathetic work is one which depicts, or elicits, suffering. When a captious reviewer den...
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Bathos

An emotional appeal that inadvertently evokes laughter or ridicule.
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Bathos

Bathos is text that abruptly turns from serious and poetic, to regular and silly.
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bathos

overstatement, excessive emotion, or anticlimax that stresses loss, sentiment, or tragedy to the point of creating humor or melodrama.
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bathos

[Wuthering Heights] descent from the lofty to the commonplace; here, Heathcliff remarks on how he has lessened Hareton's place in society.
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bathos

noun triteness or triviality of style
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bathos

In literary theory, sudden descent from the important and serious to the ridiculous or comic; when it occurs at the end of a passage or sequence, it is a form of anticlimax. In weak or inexperienced writers, bathos is usually unintentional
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