The term Bathos in literature means to unsuccessfully attempt to gain sympathy, pity or sorrow. Bathos was first used by Alexander Pope in his writings in 1728.
Bathos is a word used in literature that means a lapse in mood in a story. A good sentence would be, the story begins with a bit of bathos.
Expecting the movie to be intellectually stimulating, we were disappointed by its bathos.
"Bathos" is originally a Greek word for 'depth' , alos now a word meaning 'anticlimax'.
While the actor's tears were real, the performance was just so much bathos and was annoying rather than convincing.
bathos, descent, letdown, disappointment
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An example of bathos referring to the dictionary definition; 'A ludicrous descent from the exhaulted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax' In an area of formality, a sudden drop in tone, eg: - There are many terrible things in the world today: the war, racism, personal hygeine In this example 'personal hygeine' brings down the tone of the sentence. This is bathos. Hope this helps! I don't know if it is a very good example :D
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