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US
/ˈəpˌbɹɪŋɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ʌpbɹˈɪŋɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ʌpbɹˈɪŋɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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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
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.