Synonyms for upbringing
ˈʌpˌbrɪŋ ɪŋup·bring·ing

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1. upbringingnoun

   properties acquired during a person's formative years

   Synonyms:
   raising, rearing, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, breeding

2. breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringingnoun

   helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"

   Synonyms:
   rearing, education, breeding, fostering, nurture, facts of life, gentility, training, bringing up, elevation, procreation, lift, raising, fosterage, reproduction, genteelness

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1. • Heritage
   • Socialization

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1. List of paraphrases for "upbringing":

   education, rearing, childrearing, raising, child-rearing, nurturing, 'éducation, parenting

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1. Tiger Woods:

   If you don't go out there and put in the work, you don't go out and put in the effort, one, you're not going to get the results, but two, and more importantly, you don't deserve it. You need to earn it. So that defined my upbringing. That defined my career.

2. Mickey Mehta:

   For most of the things children do, parents are responsible. A good seed, noble thoughts and upbringing deeds can determine the character and personality feeds of our children. The amount of money we spend on them is not funny, to please them that's ain't the way honey! Give them your time to make their life sublime. Children are soft clay, mould them the appropriate way. Let your children's life not be compromised, let them blossom in fertile fields to Get Mickeymized.

3. Andrew Yang:

   I've seen politicians publicly eviscerate each other and then act collegial or friendly backstage a few minutes later. A lot of it is theatre, perhaps it's the nature of my upbringing, but I'm actually more comfortable trying to fix the system than being a part of it.

4. Jennifer Lopez:

   I'd probably say that he is brilliantly smart, loving, charming, affectionate. And I just admire him in every way. I respect him. I feel like he teaches me things, we talked about how people kind of see him with one type of person and me with another type of person, and the two of us together is like' How did that happen ? ,' and how we're probably more alike and from the same kind of background and, you know, same kind of upbringing and same kind of family and same kind of house.

5. Sam Brown:

   He was raised inside the Beltway. His grandfather and his dad were both U.S. senators. His mom was a prominent lobbyist in D.C., he had a very elite and exclusive upbringing and opportunities.