countercoup

countercoup
A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup

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  • countercoup — /kown teuhr kooh /, pl. countercoups / koohz /. n. a coup aimed at the replacement of a government that itself achieved power through an earlier coup. [1960 65; COUNTER + COUP1] * * * …   Universalium

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