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Word: Anagnorisis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: Greek, literally ‘recognition’, from ana- ‘back’ + gnorisis ‘making known’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌanəɡˈnɒrɪsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the point in a play, novel, etc., in which a principal character recognizes or discovers another character's true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances
Short Definition:point in play in which character experiences revelation
Examples:- we see the tormented figure of Oedipus come to recognize the truth in a classical moment of anagnorisis
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