English word anticlimax comes from English anti-, English climax
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| anti- | English (eng) | (immunology) That reacts with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.. Against, hostile to.. Contrasting with the norm.. Counteracting, neutralizing.. Opposite of, reverse.. Physically opposite: applied to mountain ranges.. Related to antiparticles. |
| climax | English (eng) | (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.. (now, _, commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.. (originally, rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.. (rhetoric, imprecise) The final term of a rhetorical climax.. [...] |
| anticlimax | English (eng) | (narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.. (rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.. A failed or reverse climax, particularly:. |