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upbringing

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up·bring·ing  (pbrngng)
n.
The rearing and training received during childhood.

upbringing
Noun
the education of a person during his or her formative years
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years
heritage, inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
breeding, training, education - the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
nurture, rearing, raising - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2.upbringing - helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture; "the socialization of children to the norms of their culture"

upbringing
Translations
upbringing [ˈʌpbrɪŋɪŋ] neducación f

upbringing [ˈʌpbrɪŋɪŋ] néducation f

upbringing [ˈʌpbrɪŋɪŋ] nErziehung f

upbringing [ˈʌpbrɪŋɪŋ] neducazione f

upbringing
n upbringing [ˈapbriŋiŋ]
(an example of) the process of bringing up a child He had a stern upbringing. opvoeding, opbringing تَرْبِيَه، تَنْشِئَه отглеждане výchova opdragelse die Erziehung ανατροφή educación kasvatus تربیت kasvatus éducation חִינוּך पालन-पोषण odgoj (fel)nevelés (gyereké) uppeldi educazione しつけ auklėjimas audzināšana didikan opvoeding oppdragelse wychowanie educação educaţie воспитание výchova vzgoja vaspitanje uppfostran การเลี้ยงดูอบรมสั่งสอน yetiş(tir)me, terbiye 養育 виховання تربيت، پرورش sự giáo dục, dạy dỗ


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Their way of life and place of residence, their acquaintances and ties, Natasha's occupations, the children's upbringing, were all selected not merely with regard to Pierre's expressed wishes, but to what Natasha from the thoughts he expressed in conversation supposed his wishes to be.
It is not a tongue for men of sweet birth and delicate upbringing.
They were handsome girls, had the fresh colour of their country upbringing, and in their eyes that brilliancy which is called-- by no metaphor, alas
 
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