Anticlimax vs. Climax
Anticlimaxnoun
A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
Climaxnoun
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
Anticlimaxnoun
(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
Climaxnoun
(obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
Anticlimaxnoun
(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
Climaxnoun
(narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
Anticlimaxnoun
A sentence in which the ideas fall, or become less important and striking, at the close; - the opposite of climax. It produces a ridiculous effect.
‘Next comes Dalhousie, the great god of war,Lieutenant-colonel to the Earl of Mar.’;
Climaxnoun
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
Anticlimaxnoun
a disappointing decline after ad previous rise;
‘the anticlimax of a brilliant career’;
Climaxnoun
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
Anticlimaxnoun
a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
Climaxnoun
(ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
Climaxnoun
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
Climaxverb
(ambitransitive) To reach or bring to a climax.
Climaxverb
(intransitive) To orgasm; to reach orgasm.
Climaxnoun
Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
Climaxnoun
A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.
‘"Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" - a happy climax.’;
Climaxnoun
The highest point; the greatest degree.
‘We must look higher for the climax of earthly good.’;
Climaxnoun
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding;
‘the climax of the artist's career’; ‘in the flood tide of his success’;
Climaxnoun
the decisive moment in a novel or play;
‘the deathbed scene is the climax of the play’;
Climaxnoun
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
Climaxnoun
the most severe stage of a disease
Climaxnoun
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
Climaxverb
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;
‘The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace’;
