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PERIPETIA

\pˌɛɹɪpˈiːʃə], \pˌɛɹɪpˈiːʃə], \p_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈiː_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of PERIPETIA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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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"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

per-i-pe-t[=i]'a, n. the dÃ©nouement of a drama.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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