anagnorisisn.

Brit.

/ˌanəɡˈnɒrᵻsɪs/, U.S.

/ˌæˌnæɡˈnɔrəsəs/

Inflections: Plural anagnorises.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin anagnorisis; Greek ἀναγνώρισις.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin anagnorisis (1532 or earlier), and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek ἀναγνώρισις recognition, specifically (in tragedy) recognition leading to the denouement in a drama < ἀνα- ana- prefix + γνώρισις action of making known (see note), after ἀναγνωρίζειν to recognize, specifically (in tragedy) to recognize so as to produce a denouement.Ancient Greek γνώρισις action of making known is < γνωρίζειν to make known ( < the same base as γνώριμος well known (probably < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin ignōrāre to be ignorant of: see ignore v.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -σις -sis suffix.

The moment in a play, novel, opera, etc., in which a principal character experiences a sudden revelation or enlightenment through the recognition of another character's true identity; the recognition itself. Cf. recognition scene n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > plot > parts of plot

envoy1616

undermirth1640

counter-turn1651

under-walk1651

deus ex machina1697

happy ending1748

dénouement1752

anagnorisis1783

comic relief1783

by-play1812

tragic irony1833

by-plot1851

dramatic irony1881

plot point1909

cliff-hanging1945

subtext1960

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xliii. 442 The Poet does not seem happy in the great anagnorisis, or the discovery of Ulysses to Penelope.

1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 464/2 He, aged man, ignorant of the anagnorisis, is overcome by the catastrophe.

1913 G. Saintsbury Eng. Novel iii. 101 What [plot] there is is arrived at chiefly by the old and seldom very satisfactory system of anagnorisis—the long-lost-child business.

2013 M. Currie Unexpected x. 174 In Barnes's novel, the moment of anagnorisis occurs in a scene of comic banality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anagnorisis
释义	anagnorisisn. Brit. /ˌanəɡˈnɒrᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌæˌnæɡˈnɔrəsəs/ Inflections: Plural anagnorises. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin anagnorisis; Greek ἀναγνώρισις. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin anagnorisis (1532 or earlier), and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek ἀναγνώρισις recognition, specifically (in tragedy) recognition leading to the denouement in a drama < ἀνα- ana- prefix + γνώρισις action of making known (see note), after ἀναγνωρίζειν to recognize, specifically (in tragedy) to recognize so as to produce a denouement.Ancient Greek γνώρισις action of making known is < γνωρίζειν to make known ( < the same base as γνώριμος well known (probably < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin ignōrāre to be ignorant of: see ignore v.) + -ίζειν -ize suffix) + -σις -sis suffix. The moment in a play, novel, opera, etc., in which a principal character experiences a sudden revelation or enlightenment through the recognition of another character's true identity; the recognition itself. Cf. recognition scene n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > plot > parts of plot envoy1616 undermirth1640 counter-turn1651 under-walk1651 deus ex machina1697 happy ending1748 dénouement1752 anagnorisis1783 comic relief1783 by-play1812 tragic irony1833 by-plot1851 dramatic irony1881 plot point1909 cliff-hanging1945 subtext1960 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric II. xliii. 442 The Poet does not seem happy in the great anagnorisis, or the discovery of Ulysses to Penelope. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 464/2 He, aged man, ignorant of the anagnorisis, is overcome by the catastrophe. 1913 G. Saintsbury Eng. Novel iii. 101 What [plot] there is is arrived at chiefly by the old and seldom very satisfactory system of anagnorisis—the long-lost-child business. 2013 M. Currie Unexpected x. 174 In Barnes's novel, the moment of anagnorisis occurs in a scene of comic banality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1783
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