Associations to the word «Milieu»

Wiktionary

MILIEU, noun. Medium
MILIEU, noun. A person's social setting or environment
MILIEU CONTROL, noun. (idiomatic) (linguistics) tactics that control environment and human communication through the use of peer pressure and group language.
MILIEU THERAPY, noun. A form of community-based psychotherapy in which patients are encouraged to take responsibility for themselves and others within the unit, based upon a hierarchy of collective punishments.

Dictionary definition

MILIEU, noun. The environmental condition.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley