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anticlimax definition

anti·cli·max (-klī′maks′)

noun

  1. a sudden drop from the dignified or important in thought or expression to the commonplace or trivial, sometimes for humorous effect
  2. a descent, as in a series of events, which is in ludicrous or disappointing contrast to a preceding rise

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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