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bathos (n)

a. insincere or excessive pathos;

  insincere or grossly sentimental;

...sentimental to the brink of bathos.

b. a way of expressing something 

(in language or art or music etc.) 

that is characteristic of a particular 

person or group of people or period

 

c. an abrupt, unintended transition in style
from the exalted to the commonplace,
producing a ludicrous effect

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