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