milieu
noun
[ ˈmiːljəː ]
• a person's social environment.
• "Gregory came from the same aristocratic milieu as Sidonius"
Similar:
environment,
background,
backdrop,
setting,
context,
atmosphere,
scene,
location,
locale,
conditions,
surroundings,
habitat,
environs,
sphere,
world,
territory,
home,
domain,
preserve,
province,
circle,
element,
Origin:
mid 19th century: French, from mi ‘mid’ + lieu ‘place’.
