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 ranks in the top 0.16% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,584 views/month, #125 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: regime change[2], crime[3], conflict[4]
- Commons category: Coups d'état[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Coups d'état[6]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8]
- Topic has template: Template:Coup d'état[9]
- Different from: Golpe de Estado[10], military coup[11], attempted coup d'état[12]
- Uses: force[13]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q141302261[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
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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 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].