juste-milieu
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Etymology
Origin of juste-milieu
Literally, “exact middle”
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This last is a juste-milieu view, by no means in favour with the inhabitants of either place.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
We are in the age of the juste-milieu; and this is appropriate enough.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 by Chambers, William
And Vital showed them a hat of a form and design which was truly expressive of the juste-milieu.
From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
One is a republican, another Saint-Simonian; this one aristocrat, that one Catholic, others juste-milieu, middle ages, or German, as they choose for their purpose.
From Unconscious Comedians by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
They, in truth, form between them the genuine juste-milieu on which the present government is balanced.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
They have failed, like all the juste-milieux of the world, and are laughed at for their eclecticism.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
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