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Meaning of peripety | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
pəˈɹɪpəti

Definitions

The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština peripetie
Svenska peripeti

Examples

“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, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

peripheral peripheral artery disease peripheral brain peripheral bus peripheral device peripheral membrane protein

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