Climax
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Climax
Noun
- A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
- An instance of such an ascending series.
- The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
- A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly: The final term of a rhetorical climax. The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment. <!--not slang--> The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
- The final term of a rhetorical climax.