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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