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anagnorises

anagnorises is the plural of anagnorisis.

Meaning of anagnorisis

Noun

anagnorisis (countable and uncountable, plural anagnorises)

  1. The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement.
    • His heroines never have a true anagnorisis because the moral fault is never in themselves, only in outside conspirators.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Questions about anagnorises

What is anagnorises the plural of?
Anagnorises is the plural of anagnorisis.

Words near anagnorises in the dictionary

  1. anaglyptic
  2. anaglyptics
  3. anaglyptograph
  4. anaglyptographic
  5. anaglyptography
  6. anagnorises
  7. anagnorisis
  8. anagnoristic
  9. anagnosasthenia
  10. anagnosasthenias
  11. anagnost

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