peripeteia (0 synonym found)

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Definition of peripeteia:

(n) : a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances
"1965: Once more I was a man in a myth, incapable of understanding it, but somehow aware that understanding it meant it must continue, however sinister its peripeteia. -- John Fowles, The Magus"
Definition of peripeteia:

(n) : a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances
"1965: Once more I was a man in a myth, incapable of understanding it, but somehow aware that understanding it meant it must continue, however sinister its peripeteia. -- John Fowles, The Magus"
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