autocoup
English
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Prefix from English coup (upset, overturn, upsetVerb, tilt).
Origin
English
coup
Gloss
upset, overturn, upsetVerb, tilt
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Cognates and derived terms
- anticoup English
- countercoup English
- coup English
- coupist English
- coupmaking English
- coupstick English
- postcoup English
- precoup English
- self-coup English
- coup French