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peripeteia

DEFINITIONS OF: peripeteia

1

n a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)

“a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling”
Synonyms:
peripetia, peripety
Type of:
surprise
a sudden unexpected event
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