military junta
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Definition
Noun: A military junta is a committee or group of military officers who have seized political power in a country, typically after a coup d'état, and who rule the nation collectively.
Usage
The term is used to describe the governing body of a country that is under direct military control. It emphasizes the collective, often authoritarian, rule by a military committee rather than by a single dictator or a civilian government. - The country was ruled by a military junta for over a decade. - The military junta dissolved the parliament and suspended the constitution.
Advanced Usage
- "to be under a military junta": to be governed by such a group.
- For years, the people lived under a repressive military junta.
- "the ruling military junta": a common phrase specifying the junta currently in power.
- The ruling military junta has announced new economic policies.
Variants and Related Words
- Junta (n): A political or military group that rules a country after taking power by force. "Military junta" is a specific type of junta.
- Regime (n): A government, especially an authoritarian one. A military junta is a type of regime.
- Coup d'état (n): A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government, often the event that leads to a military junta taking control.
Synonyms
- Military government
- Military regime
- Stratocracy (a less common, more technical term)
Related Phrases
- Seize power: The action typically taken by a group before forming a junta.
- The generals seized power and established a military junta.
- Hold power: To maintain control, often used to describe the duration of a junta's rule.
- The junta held power through intimidation and force.
Noun
- a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power