catastasis
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek κατάστασις (“settling, appointment”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /kəˈtæstəsɪs/
Noun [edit]
catastasis (countable and uncountable; plural catastases)
- In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe.
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- 1922, It doubles itself in the middle of his life, reflects itself in another, repeats itself, protasis, epitasis, catastasis, catastrophe. — James Joyce, Ulysses
- 1965, ‘The object of the meta-theatre is precisely that – to allow the participants to see through their first roles in it. But that is only the catastasis.’ — John Fowles, The Magus
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