Peripety
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəˈɹɪpəti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Peripety is a noun meaning (psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
Meaning
(psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
More Meanings
- Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”).
Example Sentences
As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]
For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval […]
Word Forms
- peripeties
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