noun, plural an·ag·no·ri·ses [an-ag-nawr–uh-seez, –nohr-] /ˌæn ægˈnɔr əˌsiz, -ˈnoʊr-/.
- (in ancient Greek tragedy) the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia.
noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
- (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
c.1800, from Latin, from Greek anagnorisis “recognition,” from anagnorizein “to recognize.”