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Definitions for upbringing
ˈʌpˌbrɪŋ ɪŋup·bring·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. upbringingnoun

    properties acquired during a person's formative years

  2. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringingnoun

    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

    "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

Wiktionary

  1. upbringingnoun

    The traits acquired during one's childhood training

  2. upbringingnoun

    The raising or training of a child.

    Through her upbringing, Mildred's father had carefully programmed her to expect very little from life.

Wikipedia

  1. upbringing

    Chase Spencer Yaklin, better known by his stage name Chase Bryant (born October 9, 1992) is an American singer and songwriter. Bryant is a family name shared by his grandfather, Jimmy Bryant, who performed with Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings. In early 2015 Bryant's debut single, "Take It On Back", became a top 10 single on the Country Airplay chart, which is published weekly by Billboard. Bryant co-wrote and co-produced his debut EP, featuring the second single "Little Bit of You", which came out on September 23, 2014, on Red Bow Records.

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  1. upbringing

    Upbringing refers to the care and training a child receives while growing up, including moral, social, and academic education. This is typically provided by parents or guardians but can also involve other influences such as culture, environment, schools, and societal norms. Upbringing shapes the character, attitudes, behaviors, and values of a person from childhood to adulthood.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Upbringing

    up′bring-ing, n. the process of nourishing and training.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of upbringing in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of upbringing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of upbringing in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Yang:

    I've experienced a lot of anti-Asian racism throughout my upbringing, and it hurts. It's something that is very real, and I do think anti-Asian racial epithets are not taken as seriously as slurs against other groups.

  2. Lucinda Williams:

    The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

  3. Stephen Curry:

    It's all about whatever you represent, in terms of your upbringing and your experience in life. Everybody knows the amazing opportunities that basketball creates in terms of the platform that you have, you've got to find different ways to use it. For him that's a great thing to do, to try to make an impact and be inspirational and maybe change the course of somebody's life in some way.

  4. Emma Raducanu:

    I think that the calmness and the mental strength definitely comes from my upbringing, i think my parents have both instilled in me from a very young age to definitely have a positive attitude on court because, yeah, when I was younger, it was definitely an absolute no-go if I had any sort of bad attitude.

  5. Caroline Ouko:

    If there was discussion, he was not afraid to go the other way when everybody else is following, this was my baby. He cared for people. He cared that people were treated right. That was at the core of his upbringing in our home. He cared that people were treated equally.

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