Definition of upbringing
: early training; especially : a particular way of bringing up a child had a strict upbringing
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Caporaso strips away Hamlet’s upbringing, his civility and his nobility and gives us a feral child in the throes of a psychotic hissy-fit.
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Seventeen-year-old Aisha wrote about her upbringing and how her mother raised her to be weary of men and aware of their possible ill intentions.
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Our clients were ordinary people who reflected our back grounds and upbringings.
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Mija’s rural paradise seems too good to be true, a fantasy of an animal’s upbringing exploited to make viewers feel less guilty about eating hot dogs.
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Yes, he was reared in a comfortable Cincinnati neighborhood, but his upbringing does not jibe with that of the pompous, spoiled, (criminal) rich kid.
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Davis’s unique upbringing has primed him to be a cultural translator.
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Davis’s unique upbringing has primed him to be a cultural translator.
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Without a doubt, my regular guy persona and salt-of-the-earth upbringing.
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First Known Use of upbringing
1520
UPBRINGING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of upbringing for English Language Learners
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: the way a child is raised : the care and teaching given to a child by parents or other people
UPBRINGING Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of upbringing for Students
: the process of raising and training
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