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anticlimax

an·tic·li·max

US/ˈæn.tiˌklaɪ.mæks/ uncommon

noun

1.

a disappointing decline after ad previous rise

  • “the anticlimax of a brilliant career”
2.

a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

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Origin

From anti- + climax.

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