as in rearing
the way a child is raised; the care and teaching given to a child by parents or other people
—usually singular
My wife had a very sheltered upbringing. His grandmother saw to his upbringing.
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The album reflected on her upbringing in Richmond, Virginia.
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Throughout their journey, the past’s influence on the present grows ever more pervasive, and the woman’s failure to escape her upbringing emerges as a failure to truly know it.
—The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Cain has spoken previously about her First Baptist upbringing in a small conservative Florida town as the daughter of a deacon whose first exposure to music was through her church choir.
—James Factora, Them, 9 Jan. 2025
In her book, Lee wrote that her family also dealt with mental illness, drug addiction and poverty throughout her upbringing.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
Throughout their journey, the past’s influence on the present grows ever more pervasive, and the woman’s failure to escape her upbringing emerges as a failure to truly know it.
—The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Cain has spoken previously about her First Baptist upbringing in a small conservative Florida town as the daughter of a deacon whose first exposure to music was through her church choir.
—James Factora, Them, 9 Jan. 2025
In her book, Lee wrote that her family also dealt with mental illness, drug addiction and poverty throughout her upbringing.
—Erica Marrison, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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