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English
Etymology
Greek �ε�ι�ε�εια, ultimately from �ε�ι� �round, around, about� + �ε�� stem of �ι�ειν �to fall�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /p�rɪpɪ't�ɪ�/

Noun
peripeteia

1. a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances

#:*1965: Once more I was a man in a myth, incapable of understanding it, but somehow aware that understanding it meant it must continue, however sinister its peripeteia. � John Fowles, The Magus

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