Usually means: Sudden reversal of fortune, circumstances.
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  7. peripeteia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  (drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis.
▸ noun:  (psychoanalysis) A turning point in psychosocial development.

Similar:
peripetia, peripety, epiploce, epanastrophe, parabasis, antistrophe, repetitio, nemesis, paraenesis, periactus, more...

Opposite:
anagnorisis, peripety

Types:
reversal, turning point, change, transformation, more...

Adjectives:
dramatic, aristotelian, tragic, comic, final, sudden, strange, second, verbal, double, inner

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Similar:
peripetia, peripety, epiploce, epanastrophe, parabasis, antistrophe, repetitio, nemesis, paraenesis, periactus, more...

Opposite:
anagnorisis, peripety

Types:
reversal, turning point, change, transformation, more...

Adjectives:
dramatic, aristotelian, tragic, comic, final, sudden, strange, second, verbal, double, inner



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