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milieu Definition

mi·lieu (mēl yʉ, -yo̵o, -yo̵̅o̅; mil-)

noun pl. milieus -·lieus′

environment; esp., social or cultural setting
also Fr. milieu mi·lieu′ (mē lyö), pl. milieux -·lieux′ (-lyö)

Etymology: Fr, lit., middle < OFr mi (< L medius: see mid) + lieu, a place < L locus (see locus)

milieu Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • period: I hope that this interpretation may be of interest for an interdisciplinary analysis of the cultural milieu of this period.

Converse of object

  • create: The ward aims to: Create a therapeutic milieu in which mutual respect is key to the successful rehabilitation of those in our care.
  • provide: I suspect that the temper of the times is unlikely to ever again provide a more hospitable milieu for such a movement.
  • change: McLeod, John Narrative & Psychotherapy ( Sage 1987 ) Exploration of the concept of self in story telling against a changing social milieu.
  • alter: It is also thought that douching alters the vaginal milieu.
  • describe: Four chapters describe the milieu in which computer science is managed and financed.
  • learn: In order to reach the goal the learning milieu of the pre-school teaching is placed in focus.

Adjective modifier

  • cultural: The globalization party itself is situated within the cultural milieu of Thai society.
  • intellectual: The result is a stunning intellectual milieu of I feel most privileged to be a part.
  • therapeutic: Research: therapeutic milieu - child sexual abuse - nurses ' attitudes.
  • radical: The fact that the radical, pro-independence milieu exists is enough to make it significant, no matter its origins.
  • artistic: Dora Scott was born in 1885, and grew up amidst the Scott family's literary and artistic milieu.
  • technological: Species after species is being altered for better survival in the technological milieu.

Modifies a noun

  • therapy: Milieu Therapy helps a patient to recover through manipulation of his environment in a hospital.

Noun used with modifier

  • pro-independence: There is no problem in creating such a tangible movement from the pro-independence milieu.
  • anarchist: It's not meant in any way to constitute some sort of faction or sect within the more general anarchist milieu.
  • class: Bristol Discussion Group had to adapt, however reluctantly, to a middle class milieu concerned with constitutional reform, Black Power and Feminism.
  • family: Yet research tells us that the family milieu has a significant and lasting impact on a child's development.
  • fantasy: Let me say it again: fantasy milieu have specific characteristics that make them fantastic.
  • school: Teachers and teacher candidates can imagine employing less popular instructional methods free of the constraints provided by the general school milieu.
milieu Quotes

Detach the writer from the milieu where he has experienced his greatest sense of belonging, and you have created a discontinuity within his personality, a short circuit in his identity. The result is his originality, his creativity comes to an end. He becomes the one-book novelist or the one-trilogy writer.

—Roth, Henry

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