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bathos
What does bathos mean?
bathos (noun): an anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where does bathos come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “bathos” mean?
someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own
Not quite: that's what plagiarist means.
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
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the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
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an anticlimax: an abrupt transition in style or subject from high to low
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