peripeteia

Meaning

Noun

A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
Any sudden change in circumstances; a crisis.
A turning point in psychosocial development.

Origin

From Late Latin peripetia, and its source Ancient Greek περιπέτεια, ultimately from περί + the stem of πίπτω.

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