upbringing

[uhp-bring-ing]

noun

1. the care and training of young children or a particular type of such care and training.

   His religious upbringing fitted him to be a missionary.

upbringing

/ ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called: bringing-up. the education of a person during his formative years

Word History and Origins

Origin of upbringing¹

First recorded in 1475–85; gerund of upbring “to rear children” (obsolete since the 16th century)

Example Sentences

These three artists sat down with De Los to discuss how their L.A. upbringing has influenced their artistic practice and how their exhibited works are in conversation.

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His journey — from a nominal Protestant upbringing through atheism, to converting to Catholicism in 2019 — and frequent appeals to “Christian values” position him firmly with the GOP’s religious-right base.

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Vance was raised as an evangelical in a chaotic and sometimes deprived upbringing that he described in his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."

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“The mother” and “the son” are never named; her Jamaican origins affect his upbringing, as well as his identity.

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That extraordinary life and upbringing has always made Trudeau a target for those who dislike him.

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