Bathos
11bathos — [18] Bathos, the descent from the sublime to the commonplace, means etymologically ‘depth’. It represents Greek báthos, a derivative of the adjective bathús ‘deep’ (which has also given English such technical terms as bathyal ‘of the deep sea’,… …
12Bathos — Das Báthos (griechisches Neutrum βάθος, „Tiefe“) steht im übertragenen Sinne für Niedrigkeit und Gesunkenheit. Der Begriff wird insbesondere in der Literaturwissenschaft verwendet. In der Literatur ist ein Bathos die Gegenüberstellung eines… …
13bathos — /bay thos, thaws, thohs/, n. 1. a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax. 2. insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness. 3. triteness or triviality in style. [1630 40; < Gk: depth] Syn. 2. maudlinness,… …
14bathos — noun a) Depth, bottom. I like you more than I can say; but Ill not sink into a bathos of sentiment: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 1847. b) An abrupt change in style, usually from high to low; an unintended transition of style; an anticlimax …
15bathos — From the Greek bathus, meaning deep, bathos can be used to indicate the lowest point or nadir, or triteness and insincerity. But its usual use is in describing an abrupt descent from an elevated position to the commonplace. It is not the… …
16bathos — From the Greek bathus, meaning deep, bathos can be used to indicate the lowest point or nadir, or triteness and insincerity. But its usual use is in describing an abrupt descent from an elevated position to the commonplace. It is not the… …
17bathos — [[t]be͟ɪθɒs[/t]] N UNCOUNT In literary criticism, bathos is a sudden change in speech or writing from a serious or important subject to a ridiculous or very ordinary one. [TECHNICAL] Syn: anticlimax …
18bathos — noun (U) a sudden change from a beautiful, moral, or serious subject to one that is ordinary, silly, or not important: a sentimental poem, trembling on the verge of bathos …
19bathos — noun the story ends with such a stroke of bathos, you re not sure whether to laugh or scream Syn: anticlimax, letdown, disappointment, disillusionment; absurdity; informal comedown …
20Bathos (Arkadien) — Bathos (griechisch Βάθος „Tiefe“, „Abgrund“) war ein zwischen Trapezus und Basilis in der Nähe des Flusses Alpheios in der Landschaft Parrhasia im südlichen Arkadien gelegener Kultort. Nach der Beschreibung des Pausanias handelte es sich um… …
