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Peripetia Moderate

Peripetia has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

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

2

Alternative form of peripeteia

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
surprise
Rhyming Words
atia utia itia catia katia hutia astia tatia ostia mutia nortia kentia hestia nastia mastia costia montia ductia pistia bletia
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