"soft coup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soft coups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft coup (plural soft coups)
  1. The legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force. Wikipedia link: soft coup Translations (less brutal form of overthrow of a government): 軟性政變 (Chinese Mandarin), 软性政变 (ruǎnxìng zhèngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-soft_coup-en-noun-6VrFDhpy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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