লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
bathos
Bathos describes a specific kind of failure in artistic or rhetorical execution where a grand emotional build-up is punctured by something mundane. It creates a jarring contrast that often results in unintentional comedy, making the speaker or writer appear foolish for their misplaced ambition. While it can be used accidentally, skilled satirists employ it deliberately to mock pomposity or false sentimentality.
As a mass noun referring to a literary or rhetorical effect, bathos is treated as uncountable. It does not have a plural form in standard usage, as it describes a quality of tone rather than a discrete object. One does not encounter multiple bathoses, but rather an instance of bathos.
Meanings
Examples
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His attempt at a grand romantic gesture ended in pure bathos when he tripped and fell into the cake.
Romance
The speech started with a call for global unity but ended in bathos by mentioning the office coffee machine.
Office
School Life
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The sudden shift from a philosophical debate to a fight over a sandwich is a classic example of bathos.
Trivia
Business
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