peripetia

1. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work) (synset 107313333)
   "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
   is a type of: surprise - a sudden unexpected event
   same as: peripeteia, peripety

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