coup d'état
act in which a segment of the military or government elites uses force to illegally and overtly overthrow an incumbent government in an attempt to seize state power
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coup d'état
Summary
coup d'état ranks in the top 0.16% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,108 views/month, #125 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- coup d'état is a type of regime change[2].
- coup d'état is a type of crime[3].
- coup d'état is a type of conflict[4].
- coup d'état's Commons category is recorded as Coups d'état[5].
- coup d'état's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coups d'état[6].
- coup d'état's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
- coup d'état's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
- coup d'état's topic has template is recorded as Template:Coup d'état[9].
- coup d'état's different from is recorded as Golpe de Estado[10].
- coup d'état's different from is recorded as military coup[11].
- coup d'état's different from is recorded as attempted coup d'état[12].
- coup d'état's uses is recorded as force[13].
- coup d'état's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q141302261[14].
- coup d'état's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include regime change[2], crime[3], and conflict[4].
Influence
Things named for coup d'état include Coup Belt[16], a geopolitical group[17], in Burkina Faso[18].
Why It Matters
coup d'état ranks in the top 0.16% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,108 views/month, #125 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for it include Coup Belt[16], a geopolitical group[17], in Burkina Faso[18].