upbringing

[ uhp-bring-ing ]

/ ˈʌpˌbrɪŋ ɪŋ /

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 of upbringing

1475–85; up- + bringing

upbear, upbeat, upbound, upbraid, upbraiding, upbringing, upbuild, upburst, upc, upcard, upcast

Following her upbringing at Chartwell, the Churchill family home in Kent, Mary Soames, according to Emma Soames, had “a good war.”

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Is it the place of a judge to decide what sort of upbringing the daughter will have?

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A lot of that goes back to their upbringing in boarding schools.

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Maybe it was my upbringing in Texas, where it was common to say “thank you” or “excuse me.”

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Because my upbringing was so transient, New York ended up being my home.

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He must see all things through the spectacles of his upbringing.

The Half-Hearted |John Buchan
He could never have made this suggestion to a young woman of the traditions and upbringing of, say Miss Agatha Walsh.

The Disturbing Charm |Berta Ruck
A better course than to attempt to answer that question would be to recount the story of Tientietnikov's boyhood and upbringing.

Dead Souls |Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
At the same time, in spite she is lazy—well, it is her upbringing, that is the way she was brought up.

Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
In all probability his upbringing was simple, his surroundings homely.

Giordano Bruno |James Lewis McIntyre

upbringing

/ (ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ) /

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