Thermidor

/ˈθɝmədɔɹ/ name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A counterrevolution; a coup d'état resembling the Thermidorian Reaction.

    "According to Sartre — this was a famous polemic — Camus had now made his Thermidor (counter-revolution) by attempting to stand outside or above history;"

  2. 2
    eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18. historical

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"According to Sartre — this was a famous polemic — Camus had now made his Thermidor (counter-revolution) by attempting to stand outside or above history;"

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermidor, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).

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