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PERIPETIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peripetia mean?
• PERIPETIA (noun)
The noun PERIPETIA has 1 sense:
1. a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
Familiarity information: PERIPETIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
peripeteia; peripetia; peripety
Context example:
a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling
Hypernyms ("peripetia" is a kind of...):
surprise (a sudden unexpected event)
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