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BRINGING UP
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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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