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Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - anticlimax

 
 

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Anticlimax

anticlimax
 noun  Date: 1710  1. the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea; also an instance of this transition  2. an event, period, or outcome that is strikingly less important or dramatic than expected
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1.
  n. a trivial conclusion to something significant or impressive, esp. where a climax was expected. Derivatives anticlimactic adj. anticlimactically adv. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
  1. спад, разрядка напряжения 2. разочарование after his election promises his actual performance was an anticlimax —- после предвыборных обещаний его практическая деятельность принесла разочарование 3. стил. антиклимакс, спад ...
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3.
  noun  1) разрядка напряжения; реакция, упадок  2) prosody антиклимакс, спад ANTICLINAL adj. geol. антиклинальный ...
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4.
  (anticlimaxes) You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected. Barry’s speech followed Dirk Bogarde’s appearance, and was an inevitable anticlimax... = disappointment N-VAR ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
  ~ n a situation or event that does not seem exciting because it happens after something that was much better  (Going back to work after a month travelling in China was bound to be an anticlimax.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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