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  1. peripeties: Merriam-Webster
  2. peripeties: Collins English Dictionary
  3. peripeties: Vocabulary.com
  4. peripeties: Wiktionary
  5. peripeties: Dictionary.com

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noun:  (psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
noun:  Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”) [(drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.]
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