peripeteia (n)
peripetia (n)
peripety (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 11
def a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
examples a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling
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Hypernym surprise
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Hyponym surprise

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