| NOUN | event | peripety, peripeteia, peripetia | a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) |
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| Meaning | A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work). | |
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| Synonyms | peripeteia, peripetia | |
| Broader | surprise | A sudden unexpected event |
| Spanish | peripecia | |
| Catalan | peripècia | |
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