anticlimax
See also: anticlímax and anti-climax
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈan.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/, [ˈa.ɾ̃iˌklaɪ.mæks]
- Rhymes: -aɪmæks
Noun
anticlimax (plural anticlimaxes)
- A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
- (narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
- (rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
Synonyms
- (partial): bathos
Antonyms
- climax
- (literary): cliffhanger
- (rhetoric): auxesis
Related terms
Translations
break in the final climax
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in narration
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rhetoric
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French anticlimax.
Declension
Declension of anticlimax
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) anticlimax | anticlimaxul | (niște) anticlimaxe | anticlimaxele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) anticlimax | anticlimaxului | (unor) anticlimaxe | anticlimaxelor |
| vocative | anticlimaxule | anticlimaxelor | ||
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