pronunciamento

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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016

A pronunciamento in the A.O.U. magazine Auk stripped the Baltimore oriole of its name; henceforth Icterus galbula will be known by the prosaic name "northern oriole."

From Time Magazine Archive

However daring a writer's pronunciamento, it is taken in stride by the movers and shakers as part of democracy's continuing dialogue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said Allied Generalissimo Gamelin in his last pronunciamento before being relieved: "The British Air Force, like the French, is fighting to the last man."

From Time Magazine Archive

They were already contemplating another military pronunciamento, and Beliani, having made his own terms, was lending his influence.

From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler