Social environment (6)
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I believe the answer is:
milieu
'social environment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for milieu that I've seen before include "(Social) setting" , "Social environment or set of surroundings" , "Surroundings - location" , "Environment - setting" , "'Surroundings, setting (6)'" .)