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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
- Anti-climax or anticlimax (that is, the opposite of climax in its various meanings) may refer to: Anticlimax (narrative), a literary element Anticlimax (figure...
- 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...
- life upon the earth." "...Lost, vaded, broken, dead within an hour." An anticlimax or anti-climax is an abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintended)...
- within the genus Anticlimax include: Anticlimax aitormonzoni Rubio & Rolán, 2014 Anticlimax annae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1950 Anticlimax athleenae (Pilsbry...
- Anticlimax: A Feminist Perspective on the ****ual Revolution (1990; second edition 2011) is a book about the ****ual revolution by the political scientist...
- 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...
- of a punch line in a narration that is set up as a joke. This kind of anticlimax is similar to that of the shaggy dog story. In fact, some researchers...
- frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is extremely po****r among comedians and satirists...
- Lemercier as Miss Macintosh Guillaume Gallienne as Anticlimax Charlotte Le Bon as Ophelia, Anticlimax's fiancée Vincent Lacoste as Justforkix Dany Boon...
- gaulish village in Kent remains independent. One member of the village, Anticlimax, is dispatched to Gaulish village to enlist the help of Getafix the druid...
