Peripeteia Definition

perəpitēə, perəpitīə
noun
A sudden change of fortune or reversal of circumstances, as in a drama.
Webster's New World

(psychoanalysis) Peripety. [from 1960s]

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Origin of Peripeteia

  • From Late Latin peripetia, and its source Ancient Greek περιπέτεια (peripeteia), ultimately from περί (peri, “round, around, about") + the stem of πίπτω (piptō, “to fall").

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek from peripiptein peripet- to change suddenly peri- peri- piptein to fall pet- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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