HyperDic: peripety

English > 1 sense of the word peripety:
NOUNeventperipety, peripeteia, peripetiaa sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
English > peripety: 1 sense > noun 1, event
MeaningA sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work).
Synonymsperipeteia, peripetia
BroadersurpriseA sudden unexpected event
Spanishperipecia
Catalanperipècia

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