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Anagnorisis

//ˌænəɡˈnɒrɪsɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement. countable, uncountable

    "His heroines never have a true anagnorisis because the moral fault is never in themselves, only in outside conspirators."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀναγνώρισις (anagnṓrisis), from ἀναγνωρίζειν (anagnōrízein, “to recognise, discover”).

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