bathos
/ˈbeɪθɒs/ · noun
Meaning
- 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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