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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bathos /ˈbeɪθɒs/

▶noun (in literature) an unintentional change in mood from the important and serious to the trivial or ridiculous.

– derivatives
bathetic /bəˈθɛtɪk/ adjective.

– origin C17: from Gk, lit. ‘depth’.

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