Milieu - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Milieu :  (noun)

1: the environmental condition [syn: surroundings]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Milieu : \Mi`lieu"\, n. [F., fr. mi middle (L. medius) _ lieu place. See Demi-, Lieu.] Environment.

The intellectual and moral milieu created by multitudes of self-centered, cultivated personalities. --J. A. Symonds.

It is one of the great outstanding facts of his progressive relation to the elements of his social milieu. --J. M. Baldwin.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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