upbringing
noun
up·bring·ing
ˈəp-ˌbriŋ-iŋ 
: early training
especially
: a particular way of bringing up a child
had a strict upbringing
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Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2026
My upbringing has everything to do with my humor.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
When three women on Detroit’s west side began swapping stories about the mothers and grandmothers who grew food in their yards, artist and curator James Charles Morris heard something bigger — an echo of his own upbringing.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Flanner had escaped from a Midwest upbringing—and her husband.
—Casey Schwartz, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
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upbringing
noun
up·bring·ing
ˈəp-ˌbriŋ-iŋ
: the process or way of bringing up and training
had a strict upbringing
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