bathos

🇺🇸 /ˈbeɪθɑːs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbeɪθɒs/
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a sudden shift from something serious to something silly or trivial

The movie's dramatic climax was followed by a bathos of a silly dance scene.

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n. a sudden shift from something serious to something silly or trivial

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