Difference between revisions of "Milieu"
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1. An [[environment]]; surroundings, esp. social surroundings. Cf. MEDIUM n. 5b. | *1. An [[environment]]; surroundings, esp. social surroundings. Cf. MEDIUM n. 5b. | ||
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*2. A [[group]] of people with a [[shared]] (cultural) outlook; a social class or set. | *2. A [[group]] of people with a [[shared]] (cultural) outlook; a social class or set. | ||
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+ | *'''''[[Worldview]]''''' | ||
[[Category: General Reference]] | [[Category: General Reference]] |
Latest revision as of 21:28, 1 October 2012
Origins
French milieu (12th cent. in Old French as miliu in sense ‘the middle’; 1639 in Descartes of a physical environment, 1809 in zoological use, 1842 in sense ‘social environment’
Definitions
- 1. An environment; surroundings, esp. social surroundings. Cf. MEDIUM n. 5b.
- 2. A group of people with a shared (cultural) outlook; a social class or set.