autocoup
autocoup · autocoups
A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal…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.
» An autocoup is underway.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Examples
1 sentencesAn autocoup is underway.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From auto- + coup. Calque of Spanish autogolpe.From auto- + coup. Calque of Spanish autogolpe.
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