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Anticlimax

nounid 10048·updated May 18, 2026
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a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
bathos
plural
Anticlimaxes
possessive
Anticlimax's
pluralpossessive
Anticlimaxes'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
§2
a disappointing decline after a previous rise

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