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peripeteia

/,pɛrəpɪ'taɪə/

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

Similar:

peripetia peripety

type of:
surprise

Examples of peripeteia

"a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"