Meanings
nouncoupvolution (plural coupvolutions)
plural coupvolutions
- An instance of regime change in support of a revolutionary movement against an existing government.
Therefore, these coups can be considered “coupvolutions”: a mixture of revolutionary situation and military coup d’etat.
2024, Egor Fain, Leonid Issaev, Andrey Korotayev, “Coupvolution as a Mechanism of Regime Change in the Sahel”, in János Besenyő, Leonid Issaev, Andrey Korotayev, editors, Terrorism and Political Contention: New Perspectives on North Africa and the Sahel Region, Springer, →ISBN, page 136
Origin
Blend of coup d'état + revolution, from military studies scholar Nathan Toronto in his analysis of the 2011 Egyptian revolution
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Rhymes with coupvolution
solutiondistributionresolutionevolutioninstitutionexecutioncontributionconstitutionrevolutionpollutionprosecutionsubstitutionattributionpersecutiondissolutionprostitutiondilutionrestitutionretributionBelarusianconvolutionAleutianLuciandiminution
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APA
coupvolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coupvolution
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“coupvolution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coupvolution. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coupvolution,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coupvolution.
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