Social environment (6)
I believe the answer is:
milieu
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">social environment</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(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)'" .)