enantiodromia
/ɪˌnantɪə(ʊ)ˈdrəʊmɪə
/ /ɛˌnantɪə(ʊ)ˈdrəʊmɪə/noun [mass noun] rare
The tendency of things to change into their opposites, especially as a supposed governing principle of natural cycles and of psychological development: the remorseless enantiodromia between good luck and bad...
- This tendency Heraclitus called enantiodromia (lit. running counter to).
Origin
Early 20th century: from Greek, literally 'running in opposite ways'.
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