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peripeteia
noun
a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
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pɛɹɪpɪˈtɪə
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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”
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a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling
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