Definition of Milieu

1. Noun. The environmental condition.

Exact synonyms: Surroundings
Generic synonyms: Environment

Definition of Milieu

1. n. Environment.

Definition of Milieu

1. Noun. A person’s social setting or environment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Milieu

1. environment [n -LIEUS or -LIEUX] - See also: environment

Medical Definition of Milieu

1. 1. Surroundings; environment. 2. In psychiatry, the social setting of the mental patient, e.g., the family setting or a hospital unit. Origin: Fr. Mi, fr. L. Medius, middle, + lieu, fr. L. Locus, place (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milieu

miliaria profunda
miliaria rubra
miliarial
miliarias
miliaries
miliary
miliary abscess
miliary aneurysm
miliary embolism
miliary fever
miliary lung infiltrate
miliary papular syphilid
miliary pattern
miliary tb
miliary tuberculosis
milieu (current term)
milieu interieur
milieu therapy
milieus
milieux
mililiter
milimeter
miliola
miliolite
miliolites
miliolitic
militainment
militance
militances
militancies

Literary usage of Milieu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna. Muhl- bacher's unwearying labours continued until his all too early death. REDLICH, Obituary in milieu, ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1898)
"Of late years too much importance has been attributed to physical causes, and the reaction of the intelligence and the will against the milieu has been too ..."

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