C2nounformalartssociety
US/miːˈljuː/
UK/ˈmiː.ljɜː/
the social and cultural surroundings in which a person lives or works
In context
The novel captures the artistic milieu of Hanoi in the 1990s.
He grew up in a milieu where reading was not valued.
She felt at home in the busy milieu of the newsroom.
Words that go with milieu
adjective + noun
- social milieuChildren absorb the values of their social milieu.
- cultural milieuThe cultural milieu of Paris drew many young writers.
- intellectual milieuHer ideas came from the intellectual milieu of the university.
- artistic milieuHe was part of a small artistic milieu in Saigon.
noun + preposition
- milieu ofThe film shows the milieu of fashion models.