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Definition of Countercoup
1. Noun. A sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat.
Definition of Countercoup
1. Noun. A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Countercoup
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countercoup
Literary usage of Countercoup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A tool for working out that grove which unites the two sashes of a window in the
middle, S. To countercoup, vo 1. To overcome, to surmount, Луга. 2. ..."
2. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1879)
"Some thought that they were produced by irradiation, others said that coup and
countercoup was the cause of them. None of these explanations covered the ..."
3. The Dark Charade by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1991)
"coup/countercoup lie drama, Kremlin leaders have begun to move Shevardnadze back
onto center stage according to original plans already underway in the ..."
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