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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)


SamplesA peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling.


Synonymsperipeteia, peripetia


Broader (hypernym)surprise









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