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    PERIPETY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)play

    Example:

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

    Synonyms:

    peripeteia; peripetia; peripety

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("peripety" is a kind of...):

    surprise (a sudden unexpected event)

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