what does peripeteia mean?

PERIPETEIA as NOUN

Meaning
- a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
Synonym(s)
- peripetia (what does peripetia mean?)
- peripety (what does peripety mean?)
Usage Example(s)
- a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling
Hypernyms(s) peripeteia is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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