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.
 
 
*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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==See also==
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*'''''[[Worldview]]'''''
 
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[[Category: General Reference]]

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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.

See also