Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of a drama in which the plot is unraveled and the whole concludes; the dénouement.
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- noun Alternative form of
peripeteia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
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Examples
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When you start to look for peripetia, you find it everywhere.
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And this metaphor in my head -- I got anagnorisis and peripetia on my chin.
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Spends the whole movie trying to help the little kid who sees dead people, and then, boom -- oh, I'm dead -- peripetia.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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When you start to look for peripetia, you find it everywhere.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripetia and anagnorisis, like that poor little lamb, who I hope isn't quivering anymore, and like my time that's gone.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripetia and anagnorisis, like that poor little lamb, who I hope isn't quivering anymore, and like my time that's gone.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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And this metaphor in my head -- I got anagnorisis and peripetia on my chin.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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When you start to look for peripetia, you find it everywhere.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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Spends the whole movie trying to help the little kid who sees dead people, and then, boom -- oh, I'm dead -- peripetia.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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And this metaphor in my head -- I got anagnorisis and peripetia on my chin.
Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs Mike Rowe 2008
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