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Definition of: anticlimax
(an′ti·klī′maks) noun
1. A real, apparent, or ludicrous decrease in the importance or impressiveness of what is said: opposed to climax.
2. Any sudden descent or fall contrasted with a previous rise.
—an′ti·cli·mac′tic (-klī·mak′tik) adjective
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