Word: anticlimax
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
cli
max
Definition: An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Counteracting, neutralizing.
Affix: climax
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κλῖμαξ
Language: grc
Decoded: klimax
Meaning: ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax