upbringing

1. Properties acquired during a person's formative years (synset 104928931)
   is a type of: heritage, inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
   subtypes:

   • breeding, education, training - the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
   • nurture, raising, rearing - the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
2. Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community (synset 101131853)
   "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
   is a type of: acculturation, enculturation, socialisation, socialization - the adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture
   same as: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing

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