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peripeteia
/,pɛrəpɪ'taɪə/
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  1. noun
    a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
    "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"

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    peripetia peripety
    type of:
    surprise
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