Peripeteia - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |perɪpeteɪa|  American pronunciation of the word peripeteia
Brit.  |ˌperɪpɪˈtaɪə|  British pronunciation of the word peripeteia

noun

- a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) (syn: peripetia)
a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling

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It would take a volume to follow out all the peripeteias of the drama.

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