PERIPETEIA
peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
peripeteia (countable and uncountable, plural peripeteias)
(drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
(by extension) Any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis. [from 16th c.]
(psychoanalysis) A turning point in psychosocial development. [from 1960s]
Source: Wiktionary
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