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'''Thermidor''' ({{IPA|fr|tɛʁmidɔʁ}}) was the eleventh [[month]] in the [[French Republican calendar]]. The month was named after the [[French language|French]] word ''thermal'', derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''thermos'' 'heat'.

Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter (''mois d'été''). It started July 19 or 20. It ended August 17 or 18. It follows [[Messidor]] and precedes [[Fructidor]]. During Year 2, it was sometimes called '''Fervidor'''.

Because of the [[Thermidorian Reaction]]—9 Thermidor Year II—the overthrow of revolutionary radical [[Maximilien Robespierre]] and his followers in that month, the word "Thermidor" has come to mean a retreat from more radical goals and strategies during a revolution, especially when caused by a replacement of leading personalities.  
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