anagnorisis








noun, plural an·ag·no·ri·ses [an-ag-nawruh-seez, –nohr-] /ˌæn ægˈnɔr əˌsiz, -ˈnoʊr-/.

  1. (in ancient Greek tragedy) the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia.

noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)

  1. (in Greek tragedy) the recognition or discovery by the protagonist of the identity of some character or the nature of his own predicament, which leads to the resolution of the plot; denouement
n.

c.1800, from Latin, from Greek anagnorisis “recognition,” from anagnorizein “to recognize.”

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