thermidor/ˈθɜːmɪdɔː/EtymologyBorrowed from French thermidor, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).nameThe eleventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from July 19 or 20 to August 17 or 18.nounA 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;”