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bathos

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/ˈbeɪθɒs/ English

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  1. Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
  2. Depth.
  3. (the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to
  4. (the arts) The ironic use of such failure for satiric or humorous effect.

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