upbringing
noun
the care and training of young children or a particular type of such care and training.
upbringings
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pluralof upbringing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Their upbringings may have been vastly different but the net result is not: they’re winners, as good as it gets at this.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Their contrasting upbringings is what attracted them to each other, Charles Tyler, a Yale classmate and friend of the couple, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
My sister and I may have had harder upbringings than my daughters did, but what if we could have had something of their kind of love too?
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
They sat in small circles alongside therapists and police officers, discussing their upbringings, their hopes for the future and swapping techniques for dealing with sadness and stress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
I'd always known that my mom and I had completely different upbringings.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
