BRINGING UP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

they debated whether nature or nurture was more important

Synonyms:

breeding; bringing up; fosterage; fostering; nurture; raising; rearing; upbringing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bringing up" is a kind of...):

acculturation; enculturation; socialisation; socialization (the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture)

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