Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The advocacy or favoring of a coup d'état within a government or the enforcement of the political power of a minority by means of the military.

Origin

From coup + -ism. First use appears c. 1962. See cite below.

From coup + -ism. First use appears c. 1962. See cite below.

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedcoupist

See also

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coupism — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto