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upbringing
/ʌpbrɪˈŋɪŋ/
noun
The way you are cared for and taught as a child.
- “A strict upbringing shaped his attitude to work.”Toofey
- “I had a pretty good upbringing.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))