juste-milieu
[ zhyst-mee-lyœ ]
/ ʒüst miˈlyœ /
noun, plural juste-mi·lieux [zhyst-mee-lyœ] /ʒüst miˈlyœ/. French.
a point between two extremes; the golden mean.
Origin of juste-milieu
literally, exact middle
Words nearby juste-milieu
Example sentences from the Web for juste-milieu
We are in the age of the juste-milieu; and this is appropriate enough.
The policy of juste-milieu inevitably caused revolt among the over-excited young men of the day.
Vie de Bohme |Orlo WilliamsHe was the embodiment in the art of painting, as someone has put it, of Louis Philippe's maxim of the juste-milieu.
And Vital showed them a hat of a form and design which was truly expressive of the juste-milieu.
Unconscious Comedians |Honore de Balzac