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bathos

/ˈbeɪθɒs/

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Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.

Examples :

"The politician's speech, filled with forced tears and exaggerated stories of hardship, was pure bathos, failing to move anyone and instead eliciting only awkward silence. "

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Examples :

"The play started with intense drama, but the forced, sentimental ending quickly descended into bathos, leaving the audience disappointed. "

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(the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to

Examples :

"The movie's dramatic climax, intended to be deeply moving, devolved into bathos when the hero, instead of delivering a powerful speech, slipped on a banana peel. "

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(the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.

Examples :

"The play was building to a dramatic climax, but the hero tripping over a cat at the crucial moment introduced a sudden and hilarious bathos that had the audience roaring with laughter. "

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A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

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"After getting fired from the prestigious law firm and then failing to open his own practice, his career reached a real bathos. "

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