ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. 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 […]

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