putschistn.adj.
/ˈpʊtʃɪst/, U.S. /ˈpʊtʃəst/ A. n.
A person who pursues or advocates a policy of violent insurrection as a means of bringing about political change.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > revolutionary > participant in attempt
putschist1898
1898 A. P. Atterbury tr. W. Sombart Socialism & Social Movement in 19th Cent. v. 113 The Putschists [Ger. Putschisten], Clubists, and Blanquists were utopists, who through conspiracies and street riots would through all time control economic development.
1923 Glasgow Herald 26 Oct. 9 The Separatist ‘Putschists’ have succeeded in maintaining their position.
1975 New Left Rev. Nov. 66 When the putschists struck at Nicosia in July 1974, only a few EDEK members were armed and ready to resist.
1997 C. Barker in D. E. Winter Revelations 136 The milling putschists fired wildly in all directions, rioting until the Green Police and the regular army units closed in to divide their ranks.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of putschists or putschism.
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1928 Times 26 Oct. 15/3 After the collapse of the Putsch he fled to Austria and from there kept in close touch with Fascist and ‘Putschist’ elements in Germany, notably the Hitler movement in Bavaria.
1979 China Now Mar.–Apr. 24/2 The essentially putschist character of both Lin Biao and the Four.
1998 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 10/1 Returning after a year in Britain, I am dumbfounded by the insurgent mood of the Washington media. Indeed, it is downright putschist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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