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n. - The things and people that surround you and influence the way you live and think. Environment; Setting.

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  • It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities
  • What's the differenz if milieu is Polish/Japanese or Mgwlanaflasxhg?
  • Dressing also creates milieu from the offset -- e.g. the Victorian London that steet-corner is in.
  • Where a fictive milieu is sufficiently consistent with this that no credibility warp is introduced, it can be classed as mimetic.
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  • This was the final winning word in the 1985 National Spelling Bee.
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