milieu

[mil-yoo , meel-; French mee-lyœ]

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noun, plural mi·lieus, French mi·lieux

[mee-lyœ] /miˈlyœ/.

surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu.

Origin of milieu

1795–1805; < French, equivalent to mi (< Latin medius middle; see medium) + lieu lieu

Synonyms

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background, sphere, setting. See environment.

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Examples 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.
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Ted Gioia
March 18, 2014
She deems her work “craft with modern techniques” and has been welcomed into the milieu despite an unconventional approach.
The New Queens of Haute Couture
Sarah Moroz
January 27, 2014
Instead he describes the milieu in which the works were created and received.
Best Year Ever: How 1922 Birthed Modernism
Mark Braude
September 14, 2013
That was the milieu he came from: the paid-by-the-word grind of the hack writer.
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Malcolm Jones
August 20, 2013
The two shows are so similar—premise, tone, characters, milieu—that comparisons are inevitable.
‘Low Winter Sun’ Might Be the New ‘Wire’
Andrew Romano
August 9, 2013

Historical Examples

And it seemed that in this milieu the virtue of being amusing outweighed all vices.
Nobody
Louis Joseph Vance
In a milieu removed from care and trivialities I will continue my poem.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady
Lucas Malet
Nor was it likely for her to do so considering the milieu in which she lived, in which she was obliged to live.
Overlooked
Maurice 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 English
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

British Dictionary definitions for milieu

milieu

noun plural -lieux (-ljɜː, -ljɜːz, French -ljø) or -lieus

surroundings, location, or setting

Word Origin

C19: from French, from mi- mid 1 + lieu place

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Word Origin and History for milieu

n.

"surroundings," 1877, from French milieu, "middle, medium, mean," literally "middle place" (12c.), from mi "middle" (from Latin medius; see medial (adj.)) + lieu "place" (see lieu).

milieu in Medicine

milieu

(mĭl-yu′, mēl-yœ′)

n. pl. mi•lieus

The totality of one's surroundings; an environment.
The social setting of a mental patient.

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Examples 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.

In a milieu removed from care and trivialities I will continue my poem.

Nor was it likely for her to do so considering the milieu in which she lived, in which she was obliged to live.

Impressionism is Realism widened by the study of the milieu.

This phrase, foreign to Bburs diction, smacks of a Court-Persian milieu.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for milieu

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