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bathos

/ˈbeɪθɒs/
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noun

  • Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
  • Depth.
  • (the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
  • (the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.
  • A nadir, a low point particularly in one's career.

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