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English noun: peripety | |||
| 1. | peripety (event) a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) | ||
| Samples | A peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling. | ||
| Synonyms | peripeteia, peripetia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | surprise | ||
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