upbringing
The traits acquired during one's childhood training
Other meanings
The raising or training of a child.
“Through her upbringing, Mildred's father had carefully programmed her to expect very little from life.”
Related words
- bring up
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "upbringinge".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “upbringing” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.