English Explanatory Dictionary

autocoup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers.

Word forms

autocoup autocoups

Etymology

From auto- + coup. Calque of Spanish autogolpe.

Synonyms

autogolpe self-coup
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