#127 bathos

bathos- a sudden ludicrous descent from exalted to ordinary matters or style in speech or writing; insincere or excessive pathos; triteness; the lowest point

- from Greek bathus- deep

The line between pathos and bathos can be thin at times.

The taste of the bathos is implanted by nature itself in the soul of man; till, perverted by custom or example, he is taught, or rather compelled, to relish the sublime.

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