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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche