Hypertext Webster Gateway: "upbringing"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
upbringing
n 1: properties acquired during a person's formative years
2: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more
important" [syn: {breeding}, {bringing up}, {fostering}, {fosterage},
{nurture}, {raising}, {rearing}]
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