Milieu

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Milieu \Mi`lieu"\ (m[-e]*ly[~e]"), 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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  milieu
       n : the environmental condition [syn: {surroundings}]
       [also: {milieux} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "milieu":
     agora, air, airspace, alentours, ambiance, ambience, ambient,
     ambit, amphitheater, area, arena, athletic field, atmosphere,
     auditorium, aura, background, bear garden, belt, borderlands, bowl,
     boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circle, circuit,
     circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, circus, climate,
     cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, compass, confines, context,
     continental shelf, corridor, country, course, department, district,
     division, element, entourage, environing circumstances,
     environment, environs, feel, feeling, field, floor, forum, gestalt,
     ground, gym, gymnasium, habitat, hall, heartland, hinterland,
     hippodrome, land, lists, locale, marketplace, mat, medium,
     mise-en-scene, neighborhood, note, offshore rights, open forum,
     outposts, outskirts, overtone, palaestra, parade ground, part,
     parts, perimeter, periphery, pit, place, platform, precinct,
     precincts, premises, prize ring, public square, purlieu, purlieus,
     quality, quarter, range, region, ring, salient, scene,
     scene of action, scenery, section, sense, setting, site, situation,
     soil, space, sphere, spirit, squared circle, stadium, stage,
     stage set, stage setting, suburbs, surroundings, terrain,
     territory, theater, three-mile limit, tilting ground, tiltyard,
     tone, total environment, twelve-mile limit, undertone, vicinage,
     vicinity, walk, wrestling ring, zone