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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">My Dictionary.com &ldquo;Word of the day&rdquo; today was &ldquo;anagnorisis&rdquo; &ndash; in ancient Greek tragedy, the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal.</span></div>
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	Is there a Thai word for this?</div>
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	Richard Bowler</div>
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	Bangkok</div>

Modern Thai tragedy

<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Modern Thai tragedy

There have been a few translations offered in letters to the editor recently.

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