anticlimaxn.

/ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks/

Etymology: anti- prefix¹ 1b.

1. Rhetoric. The opposite of climax: ‘a sentence in which the last part expresses something lower than the first’ (Johnson); the addition of a particular which, instead of heightening the effect, suddenly lowers it or makes it ludicrous.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > anticlimax

anticlimax1727

1727 Pope et al. Peri Bathous 53 in Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Anti-Climax... And thou Dalhoussy the great God of War, Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1779 II. 290, I objected also to what appears an anticlymax of praise.

1842 Dickens Amer. Notes II. vii. 184 The stupendous silliness of certain stanzas with an anti-climax at the end of each.

2. By extension: A descent or fall in contrast to a previous rise.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints

apple of Sodom1635

disappointment1843

suck-in1856

anticlimax1858

sell1890

lemon1909

damp squib1963

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 42, I think of the Hunter's finale as merely an extra dish, and pronounce that to be an anticlimax to his day's work.

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xviii. 35 The later years of his life were only an anticlimax.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	anticlimax
释义	anticlimaxn. /ˌæntɪˈklaɪmæks/ Etymology: anti- prefix¹ 1b. 1. Rhetoric. The opposite of climax: ‘a sentence in which the last part expresses something lower than the first’ (Johnson); the addition of a particular which, instead of heightening the effect, suddenly lowers it or makes it ludicrous. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > anticlimax anticlimax1727 1727 Pope et al. Peri Bathous 53 in Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Anti-Climax... And thou Dalhoussy the great God of War, Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1779 II. 290, I objected also to what appears an anticlymax of praise. 1842 Dickens Amer. Notes II. vii. 184 The stupendous silliness of certain stanzas with an anti-climax at the end of each. 2. By extension: A descent or fall in contrast to a previous rise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > that which disappoints apple of Sodom1635 disappointment1843 suck-in1856 anticlimax1858 sell1890 lemon1909 damp squib1963 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 42, I think of the Hunter's finale as merely an extra dish, and pronounce that to be an anticlimax to his day's work. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xviii. 35 The later years of his life were only an anticlimax. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < n.1727
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