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Peripety

nounid 111433·updated May 18, 2026
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a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)

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Peripeties
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Peripety's
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Peripeties'

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

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