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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

   "For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval […]"

2. 2
   a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) wordnet
3. 3
   The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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peripeteiaperipeteiaperipetia

Example

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"For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval […]"

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