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Anticlimax
Anticlimax An`ti*cli"max, n. (Rhet.)
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important
and striking, at the close; -- the opposite of climax. It
produces a ridiculous effect.
Note: Example:
Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,
Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.
Meaning of Anticlimax from wikipedia
- Look up
anticlimax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anti-climax or
anticlimax (that is, the
opposite of
climax in its
various meanings) may
refer to:...
- " As a
relative term,
anticlimax requires a
greater or
lesser climax to
precede it in
order to have
proper effect. An
anticlimax can be
intentionally emplo****...
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curse is
finally fulfilled, and it is the
turning point of the play. An
anticlimax is a
situation in a plot in
which something which would appear to be difficult...
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within the
genus Anticlimax include:
Anticlimax aitormonzoni Rubio & Rolán, 2014
Anticlimax annae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1950
Anticlimax athleenae (Pilsbry...
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Anticlimax reinaudi is a
minute sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family Tornidae.
Anticlimax reinaudi has a very
small (<1.5 mm), depressed...
- "Dublin
Murders finale review: A nerve-fraying
crescendo ends in an
anticlimax". The
Irish Times.
Archived from the
original on 7
November 2019. Retrieved...
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frequently used for
humorous or
dramatic effect,
sometimes producing an
anticlimax. For this reason, it is
extremely po****r
among comedians and satirists...
- film an "appealing sci-fi romance", but
criticized its
final act as an "
anticlimax",
giving it 3 out of 5 stars.
Sheri Linden of The
Hollywood Reporter said...
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Lemercier as Miss
Macintosh Guillaume Gallienne as
Anticlimax Charlotte Le Bon as Ophelia,
Anticlimax's fiancée
Vincent Lacoste as
Justforkix Dany Boon as...
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laughable were the
movie not so
deadly solemn ... To call the
ending an
anticlimax would be an
insult not only to
climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy...
