Anticlimax

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf literary device
gptkbp:contrastsWith climax
gptkbp:defines a sudden transition from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous one
gptkbp:effect humor
disappointment
bathos
gptkbp:etymology from Greek 'anti-' (against) and 'klimax' (ladder, climax)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anticlimax
gptkbp:relatedConcept climax
bathos
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:comedy
gptkb:literature
gptkb:rhetoric
drama
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Asterix_comic_series
gptkb:Klimax
gptkb:Vitrinellidae
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7