juste-milieu

[ zhyst-mee-lyœ ]

/ ʒüst miˈlyœ /

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noun, plural juste-mi·lieux

[zhyst-mee-lyœ]. /ʒüst miˈlyœ/. French.

a point between two extremes; the golden mean.

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Origin of juste-milieu

Literally, “exact middle”

How to use juste-milieu in a sentence

One has lost his place, another his title, and a third his money, and they say this all proceeds from the 'juste milieu.'
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
And Vital showed them a hat of a form and design which was truly expressive of the juste-milieu.
Unconscious Comedians|Honore de Balzac
Query—Do not the Germans furnish something very like this juste milieu?
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2 of 2)|Frances Trollope
In this case, at least, England shows a beautiful specimen of the juste milieu.
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2 of 2)|Frances Trollope

He was the embodiment in the art of painting, as someone has put it, of Louis Philippe's maxim of the juste-milieu.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various

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