政変

• 読み: せいへん
• ローマ字: seihen
• 漢字の分解: 政 (sei/matsurigoto) — government, politics; 変 (hen/ka) — change, upheaval
• 発音: /seː.heɴ/

意味

Political upheaval; coup d'état; change of government. A sudden or forcible shift in political power or the governing regime.

Encompasses everything from bloodless palace coups to violent revolutions that unseat a government. More dramatic in connotation than 政権交代 (regular electoral change of government). Often used in historical contexts such as the Meiji Restoration, as well as in modern reporting on foreign political crises.

例文

1. 軍によるクーデターで隣国に政変が起きた。
2. 明治維新は日本史上最大の政変の一つとされる。
3. 相次ぐ政変により、その国の経済は深刻な打撃を受けた。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, history, international relations, journalism

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 政 (government, politics) and 変 (change, upheaval). 変 carries the connotation of a sudden or disruptive transformation.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal