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A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers..
Use autocoup when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Autocoup means A coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers..
Common synonyms include autogolpe, self-coup.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use autocoup where its definition matches the intended context.
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