upbringing

[ US /ˈəpˌbɹɪŋɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ʌpbɹˈɪŋɪŋ/ ]

NOUN

helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
properties acquired during a person's formative years

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How To Use upbringing In A Sentence

This was virtually unheard of from a woman of her upbringing and her family were horrified. The Sun
It's interesting that he lards the book with homespun stories of his upbringing in Louisiana, because his philosophy of politics and government is very much a community based approach writ large.
My parents gave me a happy upbringing and good education. The Sun
The odds were stacked against her making it in the cut-throat music industry after a tough upbringing. The Sun
He had a normal middle - class upbringing.
Being a conservative talk show host is a logical extension of his upbringing, notes Pendleton.
Perhaps it was her upbringing in the slums of Dundee, where squalor and drunkenness were a sad part of daily life, that made her more able to cope.
A truly good education is rooted in good family upbringing and parental love and guidance. Dr T.P.Chia
The boys had obviously gotten a pretty strict upbringing both at home and at school.
She tried to cast off her upbringing.

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