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Definition of Milieu
1. Noun. The environmental condition.
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)
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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 ..."