upbringing

noun

the care and training of young children or a particular type of such care and training: His religious upbringing fitted him to be a missionary.

Origin:
1475–85; up- + bringing

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upbringing (ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ)

—n
	Also called: bringing-up the education of a person during his formative years

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Word Origin & History

upbringing

1520, "act of rearing a young person," from up + bringing (see bring). Mainly in Scottish till c.1870, when it became general.

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Example sentences

Except for a shared heritage and upbringing, the relatives have little in

common.

Maria's unusually bold career was a reflection of her unorthodox upbringing.

By accident, if not by design, he enjoyed a similar upbringing.

And he put this down to his extraordinary upbringing.

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