milieu
/milˈju/
noun
- The social or cultural environment in which a person lives or operates.
- The corporate milieu can be very competitive and stressful.
- His political views were shaped by the intellectual milieu of the university.
- She grew up in a creative milieu surrounded by artists and musicians.
- A particular setting or atmosphere that influences something.
- The quiet, rural milieu of the village helped him focus on his writing.
- The novel vividly describes the gritty urban milieu of 19th-century London.
- The film captures the glamorous milieu of high fashion in Paris.