countercoup

American  

[koun-ter-koo] / ˈkaʊn tərˌku /

noun

• countercoups
  plural

1. a coup aimed at the replacement of a government that itself achieved power through an earlier coup.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• countercoups
  plural

Etymology

Origin of countercoup

First recorded in 1960–65; counter- + coup ¹

Example Sentences

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The king and his family then relocated to northern Greece, seeking to lead a countercoup.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023

A few months later, he was forced to flee the country after leading an unsuccessful countercoup against the then military junta.

From Reuters ● Jan. 10, 2023

Riyadh was so outraged by the 1995 coup that it tried to reinstall Khalifa with a countercoup a year later.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2017

Eight months later, a countercoup mounted by King Constantine II failed.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010

But later, the judges held, instead of backing General Park, Chang undermined him and tried to organize a countercoup.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because Sudan’s history since independence in 1956 has been marked by revolutions, dictatorships, coups and countercoups, many Sudanese have a revolutionary mind-set, but even more have become hardened pragmatists.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2021

West Africa has long been riddled by coups and countercoups.

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2015

He was able to end a disruptive cycle of coups and countercoups that had followed the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, whose repressive regime was overthrown by military generals in 1963.

From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2011

The next few years saw a series of military coups and countercoups.

From Time Magazine Archive

As with so many countries born in the past 40 years, Syria's modern history has been a saga of coups and countercoups.

From Time Magazine Archive