Associations to the word «Peripeteia»
Wiktionary
PERIPETEIA, noun. A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy; hence, any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis. [from 16th c.]
PERIPETEIA, noun. (psychoanalysis) A turning point in psychosocial development. [from 1960s]
Dictionary definition
PERIPETEIA, noun. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling".
Wise words
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