peripetia
(noun)
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
Similar word(s): peripeteia, peripety
(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
Similar word(s): peripeteia, peripety