English noun: upbringing |
1. | upbringing (attribute) properties acquired during a person's formative years |
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| Broader (hypernym) | heritage, inheritance |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | breeding, education, nurture, raising, rearing, training |
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2. | upbringing (act) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community |
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| Samples | They debated whether nature or nurture was more important.
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| Synonyms | breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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