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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERIPETEIA

From Greek, from peri- + piptein to fall (to change suddenly, literally: to fall around).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERIPETEIA

peripeteia  [pəˈrɪpətɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIPETEIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Peripeteia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERIPETEIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Peripeteia

Peripeteia /ˌpɛrəpɨˈtaɪ.ə/ is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point. The term is primarily used with reference to works of literature. The English form of peripeteia is peripety.

Definition of peripeteia in the English dictionary

The definition of peripeteia in the dictionary is an abrupt turn of events or reversal of circumstances.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIPETEIA


champerty
ˈtʃæmpətɪ
crorepati
ˈkrɔːˌpətɪ
disproperty
dɪsˈprɒpətɪ
jupati
ˈdʒuːpətɪ
liberty
ˈlɪbətɪ
obesity
əʊˈbiːsətɪ
peripety
pəˈrɪpətɪ
poverty
ˈpɒvətɪ
property
ˈprɒpətɪ
severity
sɪˈvɛrətɪ
similarity
ˌsɪmɪˈlærətɪ
society
səˈsaɪətɪ
suitability
ˌsuːtəˈbɪlətɪ
sustainability
səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlətɪ
tapeti
ˈtæpətɪ
validity
vəˈlɪdətɪ
vanaspati
vəˈnæspətɪ
variability
ˌvɛərɪəˈbɪlətɪ
versatility
ˌvɜːsəˈtɪlətɪ
vulnerability
ˌvʌlnərəˈbɪlətɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERIPETEIA

peripatetic
peripatetical
peripatetically
peripateticism
peripatus
peripeteian
peripetia
peripetian
peripety
peripheral
peripheral device
peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour
peripheral unit
peripheral vision
peripherality
peripherally
peripheric
peripherical
peripheries
periphery

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERIPETEIA

Amaltheia
Aquileia
buddleia
Cassiopeia
codeia
Eleia
epopoeia
gorgoneia
Hygeia
Mantineia
mythopoeia
onomatopoeia
Penthesileia
pharmacopoeia
prosopopeia
prosopopoeia
rhythmopoeia
Tarpeia

Synonyms and antonyms of peripeteia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «peripeteia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERIPETEIA

Find out the translation of peripeteia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of peripeteia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «peripeteia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

peripeteia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peripeteia
570 millions of speakers

English

peripeteia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

peripeteia
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

peripeteia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перипетия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

peripeteia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকস্মিক ভাগ্য পরিবর্তন বা ভাগ্যোদয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péripétie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peripeteia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Peripetie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

peripeteia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

peripeteia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peripeteia
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sự thay đổi thình lình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாடக நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் திடீரென்ற நேர் எதிரான மாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेरिफेसीया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

peripeteia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peripezia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

peripeteia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перипетія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

peripeteia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιπέτεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

peripeteia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

peripeteia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

peripeteia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of peripeteia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIPETEIA»

The term «peripeteia» is normally little used and occupies the 135.943 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIPETEIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about peripeteia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIPETEIA»

Discover the use of peripeteia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to peripeteia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Peripeteia
This book of poetry comes from a period of my life produced by betrayal.
Marcus Tan Creti, 2006
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The Peripeteia, an Analysis of Reversal Speeches by Barbara ...
Chapter. 1. An. introduction. to. the. Peripeteia. In The Art of Public Speaking, Stephan Lucas discusses public speaking as a form of empowerment.1 It is a way, he describes, of making a difference in the things that people care about. In times ...
Christopher James Anderson, 2008
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Peripeteia (2041-2):
Book information Still Light Canto 1: Exposition Act5: Peripeteia Published by Danny Jorgensen at Smashwords Copyright © 2013 Chirag Patel Cover image: V838 Monocerotis Light Echo (Hubble Heritage Team) Discover other titles by ...
Danny H Jorgensen
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Euripides& Bacchae:
Of itself the term is naturally a far from happy choice, since elsewhere in the Poetics Aristotle by [jlu9o; omXoG; understands a plot without peripeteia and anagnorisis, as opposed to |xu9o; ninXty\itvoc, — evidence of the unrevised state in ...
Hans Oranje, 1984
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The Art of Loving: Female Subjectivity and Male Discursive ...
The peripeteia of Romeo and Juliet occurs when Tybalt's and Mercutio's concern with honor assaults Romeo's commitment to Juliet; the peripeteia of Othello occurs when lago exploits Othello's idealized notion of honor and shatters his fragile ...
Evelyn Gajowski, 1992
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Poussin and the Poetics of Painting: Pictorial Narrative and ...
diverse actions, are like so many episodes serving what is called the peripeteia, the means through which to make known the change that came to the Israelites when they departed from an extreme misery, and entered into a more happy state .
Jonathan Unglaub, Nicolas Poussin, 2006
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Peripeteia
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Peripeteia is a reversal of circumstances, or turning point.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Timon of Athens, Shakespeare's Pessimistic Tragedy
Aristotle in the Poetics had merely found a peripeteia, a "change of fortune in the action of the play to the opposite state of affairs," characteristic of the complex plot of tragedy, the type he most approved.10 Julius Caesar Scaliger made this ...
Rolf Soellner, Gary Jay Williams, 1979
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Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life
A peripeteia, a sudden reversal in circumstances, swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story: a seemingly true-blue-English Oxbridge physicist turns out to have been leaking atomic secrets to the Russians, or a presumably merciful ...
Jerome Seymour Bruner, 2003
10
Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna
This involved use of what Aristotle called "peripeteia," that moment towards the end of a drama where there occurs a drastic change of fortune - usually the result of the discovery of new knowledge. Aristotle's own example of peripeteia is the ...
Mary Kathleen Hunter, James Webster, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIPETEIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term peripeteia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 'Karaoke Bacchae' Puts a Spin on Euripides
As part of the New Ohio Theater's annual Ice Factory Festival, the Meta-Phys Ed. theater company has reset all that peripeteia and anagnorisis ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Lucy Lawless Reveals Update on Xena: Warrior Princess Movie
Maybe it's simply a case of aptly Ancient Greek peripeteia - we simply got so obsessed with something, we were destined for a mighty fall. «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
3
Greece and Europe have time to avoid catastrophe
But if Greece's critics do not budge, Mr Tsipras may find in Greek tragedy terms his peripeteia, or reversal of fortune. The citizens who elected ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
4
Tuesday Briefing: How to Evaluate Teachers, The Supreme Court's …
The weather in Bahawalpur, Pakistan: high 101, low 81. Details. The OED's Word of the Day: peripeteia, n. The Live Community Calendar «FlaglerLive.com, Jun 15»
5
Why 50/50 quotas are half-arsed
All the same, the customary peripeteia has now been set in motion. Hunt is taking his first faltering steps on the road to Campostela. But are ... «Spiked, Jun 15»
6
Here in Chicago, would you believe a show about con artists?
By the peripeteia, the con artist would already have vanished into the fog. cComments. Got something to say? Start the conversation and be the ... «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
7
Mackinac Island Policy Conference fosters collaborative discussion …
Throughout his talk, he referred to the terms “peripeteia” — Greek for a turning point — and “anagnorisis” — Greek for a critical discovery ... «The Michigan Daily, May 15»
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Alexander Calder: A Gentle Giant Dancing in His Socks
Peripeteia. Your eye gets hooked on a 2-D shape from a distance and as you are compelled to move towards this stimulant, a 3-D field begins ... «Hyperallergic, May 15»
9
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions & Disturbances by Neil Gaiman …
But this hasn't always been the case, and in fact the twist, reversal or peripeteia, as it is properly known, has a rich literary history. «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Prom 56: LPO/Jurowski @ Royal Albert Hall, London
The spiky rhythms of 'Peripeteia' lacked humour, although the contrapuntal figurations and cathartic climax of 'The Obbligato Recitative' did ... «musicOMH.com, Aug 14»

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