"peripety" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peripeties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} peripety (countable and uncountable, plural peripeties)
  1. Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: peripeteia (extra: sudden change in circumstances; crisis)
    Sense id: en-peripety-en-noun-1OciQv9b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-peripety-en-noun-J6bZ~~tA Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

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