政變 — meaning in English

English meaning

• putsch noun A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.
• upheaval noun A sudden, dramatic change that disrupts the normal state of things.

Senses

政變 is used for these senses in English:

• coup d'état (politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
• putsch A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.

upheaval — full definition

1. noun A sudden, dramatic change that disrupts the normal state of things.
2. noun The geological process of land being pushed or raised upward.