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Eucatastrophe [yoo-kə-TAS-trə-fee]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: British English, 1940s

1. A sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story.

Examples of eucatastrophe in a sentence

"The destruction of the Death Star is one of the most universally recognizable eucatastrophes in cinematic history."

"The traffic jam provided a eucatastrophe for our team, as it gave us 20 minutes to finish the presentation before the clients arrived."