bathos

  1. Noun.  Depth, bottom.
  2. Noun.  An abrupt change in style, usually from high to low; an unintended transition of style; an anticlimax.
  3. Noun.  Triteness; triviality; banality.
  4. Noun.  Overly sentimental and exaggerated pathos.

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