juste-milieu
Americannoun
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juste-milieux
plural
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Etymology
Origin of juste-milieu
Literally, “exact middle”
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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 Frances Milton Trollope
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 Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Charles Dix," says a legitimate in principle, 243 but a juste-milieu man in practice,—"Charles Dix has abdicated the throne, which otherwise must unquestionably be his by indefeasible right.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Frances Milton Trollope
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 Sir Richard Francis Burton
If impartiality consisted in always steering in the juste-milieu, M. Gerusez would be the most impartial of historians.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
They have failed, like all the juste-milieux of the world, and are laughed at for their eclecticism.
From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon
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