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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley