Definitions for upbringingˈʌpˌbrɪŋ ɪŋ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
up•bring•ingˈʌpˌbrɪŋ ɪŋ(n.)
the care and training of children or a particular type of such care and training.
Origin of upbringing:
1475–85
Princeton's WordNet
upbringing(noun)
properties acquired during a person's formative years
breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing(noun)
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
Wiktionary
upbringing(Noun)
The traits acquired during one's childhood training
upbringing(Noun)
The raising or training of a child.
Through her upbringing, Mildred's father had carefully programmed her to expect very little from life.
Translations for upbringing
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- opvoeding, opbringingAfrikaans
- تَرْبِيَه، تَنْشِئَهArabic
- отглежданеBulgarian
- educaçãoPortuguese (BR)
- výchovaCzech
- die ErziehungGerman
- opdragelseDanish
- ανατροφήGreek
- educaciónSpanish
- kasvatusEstonian
- تربیتFarsi
- kasvatusFinnish
- éducationFrench
- חִינוּךHebrew
- पालन-पोषणHindi
- odgojCroatian
- (fel)nevelés (gyereké)Hungarian
- didikanIndonesian
- uppeldiIcelandic
- educazioneItalian
- しつけJapanese
- 양육Korean
- auklėjimasLithuanian
- audzināšanaLatvian
- didikanMalay
- opvoedingDutch
- oppdragelseNorwegian
- wychowaniePolish
- تربیتPersian
- روزنه، وده وركونه، ودنهPashto
- educaçãoPortuguese
- educaţieRomanian
- воспитаниеRussian
- výchovaSlovak
- vzgojaSlovenian
- vaspitanjeSerbian
- uppfostranSwedish
- การเลี้ยงดูอบรมสั่งสอนThai
- yetiş(tir)me, terbiyeTurkish
- 養育Chinese (Trad.)
- вихованняUkrainian
- تربيت، پرورشUrdu
- sự giáo dục, dạy dỗVietnamese
- 养育Chinese (Simp.)
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