Definition of bathos
1a
: the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style
b
: anticlimax
2
: exceptional commonplaceness : triteness
3
: insincere or overdone pathos : sentimentalism
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The first known use of bathos was in 1727
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