peripeteia, peripetia, peripety
a sudden change in the course of events, especially in dramatic works.
What is meant by Peripety?
: a sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation especially in a literary work.
What is the plural of peripeteia?
Noun. peripeteia (countable and uncountable, plural peripeteias) (drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.
