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What is the noun for anticlimactical?

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anticlimax
  1. A failed or reverse climax, particularly:
    1. (narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
    2. (rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Andante maestoso was not an overblown anticlimax but the real apotheosis of Tchaikovsky's musical argument.”
      “We had good directional control, and the brakes seemed fine, but I was a little disappointed at the anticlimax of our adventure.”
      “Not everything he does works, but Antopolski deliberately uses anticlimax and bathos in his material.”
anticlimaxes
  1. plural of anticlimax
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  3. Examples:
    1. “This film feels like nothing more than a series of anticlimaxes wrapped within one large anticlimax.”
      “These kinds of glorious anticlimaxes that some fans take such issue with are part of what makes the show great.”
      “They could stop playing baseball after the game because, seriously, what would be the point of staging thousands of pathetic anticlimaxes annually?”
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