military coup
Armed government overthrow
A military coup is the seizure of government power by armed forces, typically sudden and extralegal.
The military may install its own leaders or back civilian allies.
Distinguished from a civilian coup by the involvement of the armed forces as the primary actors: The general led a military coup that toppled the elected president.
Often shortened to simply coup.
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
regime change · armed forces · putsch · authoritarianism · seize power · power struggle · revolution · tanks in streets · civil unrest · human rights violations · occupation forces · sovereignty · political instability · international sanctions · army · takeover · uprising · regime
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazon River
- PortugalLisbon, Porto, Algarve, Oporto, Madeira
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, hostile takeover
- African politicsNigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Pan-Africanism, Mali
- ChileSantiago, Valparaiso, Patagonia, Atacama, Easter Island
- coupsoverthrow, ousting, dethronement, putsch, dethroning
military coupballot box
Container for cast votes
referendum · plebiscite · coronation · abdication · power-sharing agreement
military couppopular sovereignty
Populace holds ultimate authority
civilian rule · consent of the governed · grassroots movement · mass uprising
military couppolitical stability
Enduring, predictable state authority
rule of law · status quo · constitutional order · business as usual
military, coup, militant, militancy, coups, militaristic, militate, nonmilitary, militarize