Definition of Anagnorisis

1. n. The unfolding or dénouement.

Definition of Anagnorisis

1. Noun. The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations. ¹

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Definition of Anagnorisis

1. [n -RISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anagnorisis

anaglyph
anaglyphic
anaglyphical
anaglyphics
anaglyphs
anaglyphy
anaglypta
anaglyptas
anaglyptic
anaglyptical
anaglyptics
anaglyptograph
anaglyptographic
anaglyptography
anagnorises
anagnorisis (current term)
anagnost
anagoge
anagoges
anagogic
anagogical
anagogically
anagogics
anagogies
anagogy
anagram
anagram dictionary
anagrammatic
anagrammatical
anagrammatically

Literary usage of Anagnorisis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Deception in Plautus: A Study in the Technique of Roman Comedy by Helen Emma Wieand Cole (1920)
"Where anagnorisis is approaching, the audience derives added enjoyment from the knowledge that the persons concerned are not aware of each other's identity ..."

2. Historia de las ideas estéticas en España by Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1883)
"Aristóteles ha distinguido sutilmente varias especies de anagnorisis. ... Es preferible esta especie de anagnorisis cuando se ¡unta con la peripecia: así el ..."

3. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres by Hugh Blair (1812)
"Among the moderns, two of the most distinguished anagnorisis, are those contained in Voltaire's Merope, and Mr. Homeas Douglas ; both of which, ..."

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