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- Greek · borrowed fromμεταπολίτευση“regime change”
- English todaymetapolitefsi
Borrowed from Greek μεταπολίτευση (metapolítefsi, “regime change”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 20th c. A transitional period in modern Greek history after the fall of the military junta of 1967–74, leading to elections and democracy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.