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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

/ ˈʌˌɪŋɪŋ /

noun

  1. the education of a person during his formative years Also calledbringing-up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of upbringing1

First recorded in 1475–85; gerund of upbring “to rear children” (obsolete since the 16th century)
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As someone who is Latino, do you feel like your upbringing helped shape your career or have a hand in the roles that you’ve chosen?

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In one scene the husband has ensnared his unsuspecting wife in a web of lies so extensive that she questions her very upbringing with her mother.

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She had a noble upbringing, was well fed and had loving parents.

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Any other policy that unfairly disadvantages people based on characteristics over which they have no meaningful control, such as their ethnicity, race, sex, gender, religious upbringing or native language, would rightly be deemed unacceptable.

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From a humble upbringing in south Texas, Mischer developed an interest in live television while studying at the University of Texas in Austin.

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