[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- peripeteia.

- In Jungian theory: the third stage of a dream, in which the dream plot culminates in a decisive turning point or moment of crisis.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century; earliest use found in Aristotle's Art of Poetry. From post-classical Latin peripetia and its etymon ancient Greek περιπέτεια peripeteia; compare -y