ba·thos 
(bāthŏs′, -thôs′)
(bāthŏs′, -thôs′)n.
1.
a. An abrupt, presumably unintended juxtaposition of the exalted and the commonplace, producing a ludicrous effect.
b. An anticlimax.
2.
a. Insincere or grossly sentimental pathos: "a richly textured man who ... can be ... sentimental to the brink of bathos" (Kenneth L. Woodward).
b. Banality; triteness.
[Greek, depth, from bathus, deep.]
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