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anagnorises

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an⋅ag⋅no⋅ri⋅sis

  [an-ag-nawr-uh-sis, -nohr-]
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–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] .
(in ancient Greek tragedy) the critical moment of recognition or discovery, esp. preceding peripeteia.
Origin:
1790–1800; < L < Gk, equiv. to anagnōrí(zein) to know again (ana- ana- + gnōr-, c. L -gnōr- in ignōrāre to ignore + -izein -ize ) + -sis -sis; perh. gnōr- from adj. deriv. *gnō-ró- knowing
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