coupism

English

Etymology

From coup +‎ -ism. First use appears c. 1962. See cite below.

Noun

coupism (uncountable)

1. (politics) The advocacy or favoring of a coup d'état within a government or the enforcement of the political power of a minority by means of the military.
   • 1962, United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts‎^[1], numbers 195-196, page 7:

     The struggle between coupism and legalism up to now has been waged between the two anti-Peronista sectors.

   • 1963, Translations on International Communist Developments:

     You will not understand that coupism, as a method of struggle, in reality corresponds to "a portion" of the system of classes which share in power -- the surrender-minded bourgeoisie and the big landowners -- whose influence is declining in the government and whose old privileges can be maintained only through a coup or through the interruptions of historical process, whose components, among others, are the ever growing role of the worker masses within society and, in the area of the government, a gradual shift in the balance of power towards the national bourgeoisie.

   • 1985, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, Human Rights in Chile, page 133:

     We are not at all plagued by sectarianism, coupism, or adventurism. Our policy is based on the acceptance and participation of the masses and the strengthening of the unity of the whole opposition.

   • 2015, A. Croissant, ‎D. Kuehn, ‎P. Lorenz, Democratization and Civilian Control in Asia:

     Their frameworks propose multidimensional concepts of civilian control and clear criteria for differentiating various states and outcomes of civil-military relations and thereby avoid the conceptual and empirical 'fallacies of coupism' (Croissant et al., 2010).

   • 2024, Paul Chambers, Praetorian Kingdom: A History of Military Ascendancy in Thailand, page 641:

     Ultimately, "coupism” in 2023 Thailand has remained alive and well.

Derived terms

• coupist