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milieux

milieux

8.5
Social and cultural groups or places where people live and meet
  • noun
  • /mɪlˈju/
: milieus
  • A patron and his or her clients occupy different milieux, each with its own practices and its distinctive experience of the world.
  • social and cultural milieux

I think it has to do with the cultural milieu that this is unfolding in.

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Examples

  • In many respects, the Bible represents or expresses a basic discontent with the larger cultural milieu in which it was produced.

  • To a far greater extent than in the American milieux in which I customarily moved, I was watchfully self-aware of what I said in the Senior Room and the Hall of the College, and of how and when I said it.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And even now, meeting new people and my new milieu is so special.

    GQ
  • These are all things that are in the milieu right now.

  • And once people realize, wait a second, this milieu that I live in, that seems to be the truth.

  • Most of the literature makes general statements about this vast culture area or is centered on local folk milieux.

    Academic text (1997)
  • I think it has to do with the cultural milieu that this is unfolding in.

  • And I'm Jewish, and being Jewish in the milieu that I was in, it was unusual.

  • Yet, the willingness of professors to take decisive action is impeded by the psychological, social, and cultural milieux in which professors work.

    Academic text (2003)
  • In urban milieux, social interactions are often influenced by cultural diversity.

Synonyms

community
vsmilieux
∞ 2.8

A group of people who live in the same area, like a neighborhood

describes the social and cultural environments those people live in
neighborhood
vsmilieux
  • US
∞ 1.8

An area in a town or city where people live near each other

focuses on social and cultural surroundings rather than physical location

How Social

society
∞ 2.0
milieux
8.5
community
∞ 2.8

Surface Forms

milieux plural

Etymology

The word milieux is the plural of milieu, made from mi 'middle' and lieu 'place'. So a social milieux is like a 'middle place' — the cultural or social setting where people meet and act, which explains its modern use for social environments.