#environment  the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his livingroom"
  supertype:  state_of_affairs__situation  the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
  subtype:  context__circumstance  the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"
  subtype:  ecology  the environment as it relates to living organisms; "it changed the ecology of the island"
  subtype:  scope__setting  the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
     subtype:  canvas.scope__canvass  the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history;" "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"
     subtype:  showcase__show_window  a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect; "it was a showcase for democracy in Africa"
  subtype:  home.environment  an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
  subtype:  milieu__surroundings  the environmental condition
  subtype:  sphere.environment__domain__area__field__orbit  a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
     subtype:  distaff.orbit  the sphere of work by women
     subtype:  front.orbit  a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
     subtype:  realm__kingdom__land  a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"
        subtype:  lotusland__lotus_land__lotusland  an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence
     subtype:  lap.orbit  an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"
        subtype:  lap_of_the_gods  beyond human control or responsibility; "there is nothing more I can do; it's in the lap of the gods now"
     subtype:  political_arena__politicalarena__political_sphere__politicalsphere  a sphere of intense political activity
     subtype:  preserve  a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
     subtype:  province__responsibility  the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"
  subtype:  street.environment  the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street"

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