Associations to the word «Anticlimax»
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Wiktionary
ANTICLIMAX, noun. A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
ANTICLIMAX, noun. (literature) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
ANTICLIMAX, noun. (rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
Dictionary definition
ANTICLIMAX, noun. A disappointing decline after a previous rise; "the anticlimax of a brilliant career".
ANTICLIMAX, noun. A change from a serious subject to a disappointing one.
Wise words
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