Upbringing
['ʌpbrɪŋɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) properties acquired during a person's formative years.
Checker: Peggy--From WordNet
Definition
n. the process of nourishing and training.
Checker: Phelps
Examples
- The defects of his character had triumphed over his upbringing long before he died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As he got beyond the wisdom of his upbringing he began to blunder and misbehave--sometimes with a dreadful folly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Psyche