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/pəˈɹɪpəti/ · noun
Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”)..
For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval […]
As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]
Use peripety when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Peripety means Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For him to fall in love was itself a violent peripety, bound to produce a violent upheaval […]
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