Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rearing and training received during childhood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; training; education.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
traits acquired during one'schildhood training - noun The
raising ortraining of achild .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun properties acquired during a person's formative years
- noun helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
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Examples
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The only disparate element in her upbringing is her novel-loving, chain-smoking, lesbian grandmother who lives with them.
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Not much of a cook, but I love reading your recipes as they sound so delicious and your upbringing is the makings for a good read. (hint, hint, a book in your future?)
funeral food | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Connavar, because of his upbringing is a troubled and not overly psychologically stable individual, but does have heroic qualities.
Archive 2007-01-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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In "Love Song", he puts a Harry Chapinesque melody with lyrics describing a girl, who despite having a perfectly charmed upbringing is still a bitch.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More Chris Kompanek 2010
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In "Love Song", he puts a Harry Chapinesque melody with lyrics describing a girl, who despite having a perfectly charmed upbringing is still a bitch.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More Chris Kompanek 2010
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The one, by fortune of birth and upbringing, is strong and capable; the other, by fortune of birth and upbringing, is not so strong or capable.
THE SCAB 2010
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Independent-minded Bess Crawford's upbringing is far different from that of the usual upper-middle-class British gentlewoman.
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In "Love Song", he puts a Harry Chapinesque melody with lyrics describing a girl, who despite having a perfectly charmed upbringing is still a bitch.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More Chris Kompanek 2010
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In "Love Song", he puts a Harry Chapinesque melody with lyrics describing a girl, who despite having a perfectly charmed upbringing is still a bitch.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More Chris Kompanek 2010
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In "Love Song", he puts a Harry Chapinesque melody with lyrics describing a girl, who despite having a perfectly charmed upbringing is still a bitch.
Chris Kompanek: On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More Chris Kompanek 2010
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