milieu
[mil-yoo, meel-; French mee-lyœ]
- surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.
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Origin of milieu
Synonyms
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ambience, surroundings, climate, medium, neighborhood, space, locale, scene, element, sphere, setting, place, location, background, turf, bag, ambient, nabeExamples from the Web for milieu
Contemporary Examples
Above all, artists deserve a milieu in which musical talent is celebrated and given some acknowledgement in the media.
She deems her work “craft with modern techniques” and has been welcomed into the milieu despite an unconventional approach.
Instead he describes the milieu in which the works were created and received.
That was the milieu he came from: the paid-by-the-word grind of the hack writer.
The two shows are so similar—premise, tone, characters, milieu—that comparisons are inevitable.
Historical Examples
And it seemed that in this milieu the virtue of being amusing outweighed all vices.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
In a milieu removed from care and trivialities I will continue my poem.
The History of Sir Richard CalmadyLucas Malet
Nor was it likely for her to do so considering the milieu in which she lived, in which she was obliged to live.
OverlookedMaurice Baring
Impressionism is Realism widened by the study of the milieu.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4)Richard Muther
This phrase, foreign to Bburs diction, smacks of a Court-Persian milieu.
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
milieu
- surroundings, location, or setting
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Word Origin
C19: from French, from mi- mid 1 + lieu place
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Word Origin and History for milieu
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milieu
(mĭl-yu′, mēl-yœ′)- The totality of one's surroundings; an environment.
- The social setting of a mental patient.
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