Countercoup
[koun-ter-koo] /ˈkaʊn tərˌku/
noun, plural countercoups
[koun-ter-kooz] /ˈkaʊn tərˌkuz/ (Show IPA)
1.
a aimed at the replacement of a government that itself achieved power through an earlier coup.
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