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What (who) is milieu - definition

SETTING IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, FROM A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Environment (sociology); Social enviroment; Social context; Sociocultural context; Cultural environment; Millieu; Social environments; Social setting; Socialtural context; Milieu; Social milieu
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milieu         
['mi:lj?:, m?'lj?:]
¦ noun (plural milieux or milieus pronunciation same or -lj?:z) a person's social environment.
Origin
C19: Fr., from mi 'mid' + lieu 'place'.
Milieu         
·add. ·noun Environment.
milieu         
(milieux, or milieus)
Your milieu is the group of people or activities that you live among or are familiar with. (FORMAL)
They stayed, safe and happy, within their own social milieu...
N-COUNT: usu supp N

Wikipedia

Social environment

The social environment, social context, sociocultural context or milieu refers to the immediate physical and social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops. It includes the culture that the individual was educated or lives in, and the people and institutions with whom they interact. The interaction may be in person or through communication media, even anonymous or one-way, and may not imply equality of social status. The social environment is a broader concept than that of social class or social circle.

The physical and social environment is a determining factor in active and healthy aging in place, being a central factor in the study of environmental gerontology.

Examples of use of milieu
1. The milieu remained the same crony–filled and hedonistic milieu, the confidants remained the same confidants, and various dubious characters did not find their way barred.
2. The key has been keeping terrorists apart from their milieu.
3. Then there is college, the milieu in which I teach.
4. Miller threw herself fully into the Washington milieu.
5. "Maybe he won‘t slide off into this milieu –– that‘s the idea." (Editing by Clar Ni Chonghaile)