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

For a while we had fun, slipping into an easy rhythm, having thought-provoking conversations and sharing things about our upbringing that affect us today and ways to break cycles.

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She has no intentions to switch allegiances, but Parkinson fully embraces her multicultural upbringing and even speaks four languages.

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Murphy’s extravagant abode is a far cry from his very humble upbringing in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was raised in public housing by his telephone operator mother, Lillian Laney, and police officer dad, Charles Murphy.

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“He’s from a beautiful, sunny place in America, and I think he had a nice upbringing,” said Miles D’Alessandro, a college friend.

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Though he bridled against the genteel expectations of his upbringing, he was popular and effortlessly debonair.

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