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Meaning of word peripeteia from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).

Example : A peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling.

Synonyms : peripetia, peripety

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