autocoup

Meanings

Plural: autocoups

Noun

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.

Origin / Etymology

From auto- + coup. Calque of Spanish autogolpe.

Synonyms

autogolpe, self-coup

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