Thermidor
noun
Ther·mi·dor
ˈthərməˌdȯ(ə)r;
ˈthə̄məˌdȯ(ə),
ˈthəim-,
+V "or -dȯ(ə)r
plural -s
: a moderate counterrevolutionary stage following an extremist stage of a revolution and usually characterized often through the medium of a dictatorship by an emphasis on the restoration of order, a relaxation of tensions, and some return to patterns of life held to be normal
Word History
Etymology
French Thermidor, month of the French revolutionary calendar beginning July 19; from the overthrow of Robespierre which took place in that month in 1794
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