upbringing
noun
up·bring·ing
ˈəp-ˌbriŋ-iŋ 
: early training
especially
: a particular way of bringing up a child
had a strict upbringing
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The novel is divided into three parts, the first of which is an extended prologue recounting Catt’s upbringing in a small blue-collar town in Connecticut.
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Born Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot on 28 September 1934 in Paris to wealthy engineer and factory owner Louis Bardot and Anne-Marie Mucel, the daughter of an insurance company director, the actress had a conservative Catholic upbringing.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
Raised by conservative Catholic parents, Bardot chafed against her upbringing.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
That was the scene that felt the most pointed in my upbringing.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2025
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Born Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot on 28 September 1934 in Paris to wealthy engineer and factory owner Louis Bardot and Anne-Marie Mucel, the daughter of an insurance company director, the actress had a conservative Catholic upbringing.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
Raised by conservative Catholic parents, Bardot chafed against her upbringing.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 28 Dec. 2025
That was the scene that felt the most pointed in my upbringing.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Upbringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upbringing. Accessed 4 Jan. 2026.
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upbringing
noun
up·bring·ing
ˈəp-ˌbriŋ-iŋ
: the process or way of bringing up and training
had a strict upbringing
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