power shift
Control changes hands
A power shift is a change in who holds authority or control.
The term appears in politics, business, and social dynamics when influence moves from one group, institution, or individual to another: The election marked a major power shift in Congress.
In automotive contexts, a power shift is changing gears without releasing the accelerator—a technique that maintains engine power through the shift.
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- transitionChange from one state
transfer · regime · overthrow · seize control · upheaval · revolution · handover · changing of the guard · succession · changing hands · dominance · control · leverage · balance · dynamics · tipping point · gear · transmission
- role reversalturnabout, switcheroo, trading places
- shift wordsswitching, transitioning
- shifts
- geopoliticsbipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship, buffer state
- power shiftsregime change, coup d'etat, overthrow, abdication, inauguration
- role reversals
power shiftstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
stasis · stability · continuity · equilibrium · entrenchment
power shiftrestoration
Returning something to condition
reversion · reinstatement · counter-revolution · rollback · regression
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