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. Harris Faulkner:

   They are the epitome of Squad goals. Thanks guys.To the organizers of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association, I want to thank you for recognizing my work and the way that I do the work. Because, the work itself is something that we're all doing. But the specificity that each one of us brings from our upbringing, failures, victories and values is the potent mix that makes us compelling and memorable voices in media, thank you for adding me to MMCA’s list of those getting it done.

2. 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.

3. Stephen Curry:

   It's all about whatever you represent, in terms of your upbringing and your experience in life. Everybody knows the amazing opportunities that basketball creates in terms of the platform that you have, you've got to find different ways to use it. For him that's a great thing to do, to try to make an impact and be inspirational and maybe change the course of somebody's life in some way.

4. Matt Sandgren:

   Senator Orrin G. Hatch personified the American Dream, born the son of a carpenter and plaster lather, he overcame the poverty of his youth to become a United States Senator. With the hardships of his upbringing always fresh in his mind, he made it his life's mission to expand freedom and opportunity for others — and the results speak for themselves. From tax and trade to religious liberty and healthcare, few legislators have had a greater impact on American life than Senator Orrin G. Hatch.

5. Jonathan Ernst -RRB- Youngkin:

   In Virginia, it is clear under law that parents have a fundamental right to make decisions for their children's upbringing, their education and their care, and so we are providing parents an opt-out, we're providing them the ability to make the right decision for their child with regards to their child's well-being. We are going to use all the authority that I have to consider all options to protect that right, and I think this is exactly what Virginians voted for in November and we delivered yesterday.