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.