Definition of Anticlimax
An`ti`cli´max
n.
1.
(Rhet.)
A
sentence
in
which
the
ideas
fall
,
or
become
less
important
and
striking
,
at
the
close
; -
the
opposite
of
climax
.
It
produces
a
ridiculous
effect
.
Next
comes
Dalhousie
,
the
great
god
of
war
,
Lieutenant-colonel
to
the
Earl
of
Mar
.
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