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bathos

literary term for anticlimax of amusing failed attempts at sublimity, or pathos
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bathos

Summary

bathos is a literary technique[1]. bathos draws 780 Wikipedia views per month (literary_technique category, ranking #6 of 25).[2]

Key Facts

  • bathos's instance of is recorded as literary technique[3].
  • bathos's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[4].
  • bathos's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • bathos's named by is recorded as Alexander Pope[6].

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Definition and Type

bathos's instance of is recorded as literary technique[3].

Why It Matters

bathos draws 780 Wikipedia views per month (literary_technique category, ranking #6 of 25).[2] bathos has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

Related Entities

Alexander Pope

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary technique
    Aliases → —
    Named by → Alexander Pope
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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